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Professional Essay Editing & Proofreading Services

Capstone Editing’s essay editing service offers students the support they need to succeed now and into the future.

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The advantage of academic essay editing and proofreading for all students

All students face the pressure of meeting essay deadlines, and sometimes it’s just not possible to finish writing on your topic and find time to also carry out your own thorough essay proofreading and editing. Further, the relationship with your essay that you develop over the course of researching your topic, refining your ideas and crafting your arguments means that it is extremely difficult to step back and get the distance required to view your essay objectively as a whole. This is where our essay editing services come in.

Our academic experts provide top-notch essay editing and proofreading services to postgraduate coursework students to ensure that your essay is the best that it can be. Our comprehensive university essay editing services will improve the document by correcting and standardising your grammar, language, formatting, referencing and more. In addition, our essay editing service packages include suggestions as to how you can make your academic writing even better in future.

All types of students benefit from expert academic proofreading services

Whether English is your native or second language, our expert academics provide essay editing services that can help you achieve academic success. Academic writing requires a very special skill set and demands a thorough understanding of many specific writing, formatting and referencing rules. For ESL postgrads and mature-aged students returning to study after many years, the conventions of academic writing are often difficult to master. These students can thus benefit greatly from the assistance of our native English essay editors and academic proofreaders.

However, even high-performing native English-speaking students will find their work can be vastly improved through our meticulous editing, making it really shine. Tapping into the knowledge and experience of our essay editing and proofreading experts allows you to demonstrate your research and understanding of the material succinctly and ensure your arguments are well presented.

If you require more information, our video explains the advantages of essay editing and proofreading for all students, no matter their age or proficiency in English.

Our academic editing and essay proofreading services are of the highest quality but they are also affordable and accessible to all students due to our partnership with Payright and Humm, which allows us to offer interest-free repayment plans. Just give us a call to find out more about our budget-friendly proofreading and essay editing service!!

Premium Copyediting Service

Our Premium Copyediting service is all-inclusive. Our highly experienced academic proofreaders and essay editors will edit and proofread your postgraduate coursework essay for:

    • Correct grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation (according to British/Australian or US English conventions)
    • Correct use of formal academic English
    • Improved logic, clarity and flow, including transitional phrasing
    • Complete internal consistency
    • Correct and consistent use of abbreviations
    • Suggestions on organisation, structure and support of statements
    • Querying of errors and inconsistencies in content
    • Word count reduction (through eliminating redundancy and unnecessary repetition)
    • Complete formatting
    • Complete, consistent and accurate referencing.

As part of the essay proofreading and editing package, we will also provide you with a letter from your editor, offering detailed suggestions and advice on how you can improve your academic essay writing for the future.

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Editing Made Easy with Our Professional Essay Editing Service


Essay deadlines are a part of academic life. Unfortunately, they often seem to arrive too quickly, leaving you little, if any, time to thoroughly edit and proofread your essay. Enter the professional essay editor.

Capstone Editing provides high-quality and timely essay editing to ensure that your work is the best that it can be. Our experienced academic editors will improve your essay in a number of ways, depending on the level of service you choose. This includes correcting and standardising grammar, spelling, punctuation, document formatting and referencing. We will also offer suggestions as to how you can improve your academic writing in the future.

Platinum Copyediting Service (Heavy Essay Editing and Proofreading)

Our Platinum (or Heavy) Copyediting Service provides students with an extra level of assistance. Your essay editor will spend double the amount of time on your document than they would under the Premium Copyediting Service.

This allows them to perform all the tasks included in our Premium Service and make further improvements and essay corrections in all the areas in which you need assistance.

Our Platinum (Heavy) Professional Essay Editing service is exactly what you need if any of the following applies to you:

    • Your essay contains a significant number of errors to correct
    • English isn’t your native language
    • You’d like your editor to cut down the word count
    • Your essay needs extra work to ensure it is logical, clear and flows well, including assistance with transitional phrasing
    • You need extra help with difficult referencing or formatting
    • You would like some assistance with rewording or with aspects of the organisation and structure of your essay
    • You’d like your essay editor to devote more time to a particular aspect of the editing.

0% interest finance options available

Capstone Editing is proud to be the only editing service in Australia to offer an after-pay service to our clients. Access top-quality editing when you need it, and pay for it over time in manageable instalments.

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Spread the cost

Pay for the course in equal monthly instalments over a period of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months.

Group of students talking

Interest free

Always interest free, no early exit fees and no hidden fees and charges.

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Easy application

Apply online for either instant approval or a decision within a few hours (depending on the provider you choose).

Don’t wait! Submit your document for editing now and pay later with a flexible payment plan that suits your individual needs.

Find out more

Finance provided by Payright and Humm

Capstone Editing has chosen to partner with Payright (Devizo Pty Ltd ABN 24 605 753 535) and Humm (Certegy Ezi-Pay Pty Ltd ABN 28 129 228 986) because they are Australian businesses that practise responsible lending.

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Who Will Benefit from Our Essay Editing Service?


Anyone who has to submit an academic essay can benefit from our essay editing service. Whether you are a native English speaker or speak English as an additional language, your work will be improved by our specialist editors. Professional English proofreading is also helpful for mature-age students returning to study and finding it difficult to master the conventions of essay writing.

As academics ourselves, we understand the demands of academic writing and the skill set required. We understand the writing, formatting and referencing rules. We understand the pressures that students are under to submit their work on time. It is this experience that makes us the best possible team for providing professional essay editing. We’ve worked with students from every university in Australia and New Zealand, and we’re familiar with the guidelines of individual universities.

Our editors have significant experience in editing academic essays and have undergone our rigorous training program. The team comprises editors from a range of academic disciplines.

The highest standards of academic integrity

Capstone Editing is strongly committed to academic integrity. All our essay proofreaders and editors strictly follow the Australian Standards for Editing Practice and university policies. We respect and comply with the restrictions placed on professional essay editing and proofreading. This means we don’t rewrite or restructure any part of your essay and don’t provide editing suggestions that alter your interpretation of the study material.

We also have a firm policy against editing plagiarised content. Plagiarism is a very serious academic offence, and we work hard to ensure that students understand what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it.

Further information on our essay proofreading and editing services

For more information about Capstone Editing, our editors and our editing and proofreading process, you can read our FAQ page or contact us at any time. Our dedicated client support staff are on hand to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our essay editing service is of the highest quality but it is also affordable and accessible to all students due to our partnership with Payright and Humm, which allows us to offer interest-free repayment plans. Just give us a call to find out more about our comprehensive academic proofreading and essay editing services!

An Essay Editing Service with Guarantees


Capstone Editing provides a thorough professional essay editing service and also offers Quality and On-time Guarantees. We guarantee to deliver the highest quality editing for your essay on time.

  • Quality Guarantee—If you are not completely satisfied with the quality of our editing, we will fix any issues at no cost to you.
  • On-time Guarantee—If we don’t return your edited document by the agreed deadline, we will refund your fee in full. We will continue to edit your document and return it to you as soon as the editing is completed.

Our Essay Editing & Proofreading Service - Excellent Customer Service Comes Standard


Capstone Editing always strives to deliver the very best in essay editing for every client. Our editors are among the best and most qualified in Australia. We also have a hardworking client support team who are all trained editors themselves and are able to answer any queries or address any concerns that may arise before, during or after the process. Simply contact us online 24/7, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

To request a quotation for our professional essay editing service, please send your details and documents via the Order Now link. We provide a choice of interest-free payment plans to enable you to pay for the service in instalments. To get an estimate of how much our editing service will cost before contacting us, simply use our pricing calculator.

Our Reputation

We are proud of our reputation as the highest-quality essay editing service available. Testimonials from our past clients and the examples of our essay editing we provide here demonstrate the quality of our work.

Editing examples

The following documents provide representative examples of our work for past clients.

Testimonials

I want to especially thank Capstone Editing who graciously and expertly edited my thesis (editorial intervention was restricted to Standards D and E of the Australian Standards for Editing Practice). My editor saved me from myself on numerous occasions and helped me to express what I was trying to say with clarity that my tangled prose often struggled to find. During my final journey in finishing, my editor was very patient with my few delays in not meeting the deadlines which I had missed sending in to her. Capstone Editing has always been very professional and delivered what they stated. Since knowing about the company, I have recommended it to my colleagues and friends.

Dr Siew Mee Barton PhD (Business Information Technology) RMIT University

I spent many years working on my PhD and it was reassuring to know that Capstone Editing would be taking it into their care and taking the pressure off by giving it the final once over for accuracy, consistency and of course to make it look nice. These things are not so easy for the writer to do when fatigue has already set in!

Dr Maria Giannacopoulos PhD (Law) University of Adelaide

I would like to thank my editor at Capstone Editing for her thorough edit of my grant proposal. Her suggestions gave me better ways of expressing myself with clarity and (importantly for grant proposals) with fewer words! She provided detailed comments on her edits that helped ensure that we didn’t inadvertently change the intended meaning. I appreciated her attention to the details of formatting and nuances of meaning across the document. I highly recommend her to help improve the readability and clarity of academic documents.

Dr Monica Barratt NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of New South Wales

Our simple order process provides easy access to professional academic editing. We have Standard, Express and Priority services available and can meet the tightest deadlines.

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Referral Program

Clients who recommend our services to others can take advantage of our Referral Program. It is our way of thanking you for sharing your experience with Capstone Editing.

After working with us, you are so happy that you recommend our service to others.

Your friend mentions your name when submitting his or her thesis for editing.

As a thank you, you receive A$50 into your bank account and your friend receives A$20.

More information on our Referral Program

0% interest finance options available

Capstone Editing is proud to be the only editing service in Australia to offer an after-pay service to our clients. Access top-quality editing when you need it, and pay for it over time in manageable instalments.

Two students discussing work

Spread the cost

Pay for the course in equal monthly instalments over a period of 6, 12, 18 or 24 months.

Group of students talking

Interest free

Always interest free, no early exit fees and no hidden fees and charges.

Two students reading through application papers

Easy application

Apply online for either instant approval or a decision within a few hours (depending on the provider you choose).

Don’t wait! Submit your document for editing now and pay later with a flexible payment plan that suits your individual needs.

Find out more

Finance provided by Payright and Humm

Capstone Editing has chosen to partner with Payright (Devizo Pty Ltd ABN 24 605 753 535) and Humm (Certegy Ezi-Pay Pty Ltd ABN 28 129 228 986) because they are Australian businesses that practise responsible lending.

Frequently Asked Questions

Editing an essay is much more than simply performing a spell check. Editing an essay is a critical stage of the writing process in which a writer or professional editor improves the quality of the draft by correcting any errors and inconsistencies, and making the essay as clear, precise and concise as possible. It involves ensuring correct grammar, language, formatting and referencing and improving the language, content and presentation and flow of ideas. Editing an essay may be done several times throughout the drafting process. If performed by a professional editor, it may also include suggestions regarding how to improve the writing in future.

The cost of editing an essay will depend on its length (word count), the level of editing required and how quickly you want the editing to be done. If a heavier level of editing is required, it will cost more to edit an essay; similarly, if you require a tight turnaround, this will cost more than a standard turnaround. Further, some editing companies will charge different rates for students compared to academics and businesses.

To edit your paper, you will need to critically analyse and assess how information is presented in the paper and then make any required changes to make the information better organised and easier to understand. To edit your paper, you will need to assess the structure and ensure that your ideas flow logically from one another and read to improve and correct grammar, punctuation, language and word choice. To help you edit your paper efficiently and well, it will be useful to take frequent breaks, read the paper aloud and enlist the help of a respected friend or colleague. It is highly recommended to edit your paper more than once to ensure that you catch and correct any errors and improve the writing as much as possible. You might need to perform one edit to focus on content and structure and then another to focus on issues related to language issues.

The difference between an editor and a proofreader lies in the details of the service provided. An editor will provide a thorough editing service, including ensuring correct grammar, syntax, spelling, punctuation and language; correct use of formal academic English; complete internal consistency; correct and consistent use of abbreviations; complete and consistent formatting; and complete, consistent and accurate referencing. Editing also involves improving logic, clarity and flow, including transitional phrasing; making suggestions regarding structure, organisation, evidence and supporting statements; querying any errors and inconsistencies in the content; and word count reduction through eliminating redundancy and unnecessary repetition. However, a proofreader will provide a surface-level edit, ensuring that the document contains no typographical, spelling or punctuation errors and checking for internal consistency and accuracy in capitalisation, hyphenation, number use, abbreviations and headings. Proofreading also ensures correct placement of and cross-referencing to peripheral materials, such as figures, tables and appendices, and checking that the applied formatting is consistent. A proofreader will not correct errors in grammar or syntax. That’s something that an editor will do.

An important notice

Undergraduate students are only permitted by their universities to have their work edited under specific and limited circumstances.

Please check with your lecturer or tutor to ensure you have permission to have your essay edited prior to contacting us.