Editing

I work on more than 100 editorial projects annually, many with overlapping timelines, different style guides, and distinct platforms, audiences, and objectives. I am drawn to projects that empower their audiences and re-enchant the world, and I strive to bring clarity to communication so these authors and brands can connect to and be of better service to their readership.

This book about the production of a novel lauds my editorial work with these nice words:

“Krefman selected Butchart for her ‘innate’ sense of editing . . . : ‘She does really thorough work, and in a way where if I tell her not to mess with a writer’s writing, she’ll honor that. Some copy editors are so literal that they edit all the poetry out of the language . . . but Mikayla is a copy editor who I totally trust, the kind of copy editor I would trust to make the right judgments.”
—Clayton Childress, Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (Princeton University Press, 2019)

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