Comprehensive editing and compassionate coaching for academics and nonfiction writers
Let’s take the anxiety out of it.
are you…
Sitting up late painstakingly checking your works cited?
Fighting with Word to make last-minute formatting changes?
Staring at your documents so long that you can’t tell if they’re good or you’re delirious?
Losing hours of deep work because of details?
I can help.
Whether you’re wrestling with citation, formatting, or romanization, structuring your article, book, or dissertation, or pitching and publishing, my editing and coaching services provide expert support to save you time, headache, and heartache, so you can get back to the real work.
Editing
Comprehensive editing for Master’s theses, dissertations, articles, essays, and books that cuts through the noise so you can get your point across.
Coaching
Realistic, compassionate coaching for decreased anxiety and increased confidence — so you can love your work again.
Never let your inner editor sabotage you again
Imagine: no more stressing over when exactly that word needs to be italicized. What about capitalized? Am I using the right citation style? How is this section supposed to be structured, anyway?
What if you could let all of that go, and just write?
A good draft gets what you need to say down on paper.
A good editor helps you take that draft from good to great.
Let me take care of the details.
Your job is to write. Mine is to make your work shine.
Kick burnout and learn to love your work again
We’ve been trained to believe that if things aren’t going perfectly we just need more discipline.
That is BS.
Creating something out of nothing is HUGE – it takes a huge amount of creative energy, stamina, time management, and executive function. No one does that 100% on their own (and if someone says they did, they’re lying).
I’m not about telling you to work harder.
I’m here to help you work less hard, for better results and quality of life.
Together, we’ll make a sustainable, realistic plan to help you do what you need to do, and get to where you need to go.
Clients say…
Thanks so much for your swift and detailed work… I truly appreciate your advice!
Yuting Cai
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PhD Student, The University of Chicago
Sophia is the BEST… I am deeply indebted to her guidance, support, and shrewd eye.
Master’s Student, The University of Chicago
Sophia was amazing! Kind, empathetic, knowledgeable, and super helpful. She really helped clarify a lot of things for me.
Master’s Student, The University of Chicago
About Me
Sophia Walker, PhD
I believe deeply that scholar is a state of being, not a title, and am a fierce advocate for the creative potential (necessity?) of excellent research-based writing. My clients find joy in toeing the line between science and art, the investigative and the creative, in deeply human topics rooted in time, space, and culture.
I earned my PhD from the University of Chicago in Japanese literary history, media, and transcultural fandom.
As a writing professional, I have worked with undergraduates, graduate students, and professional writers on academic documents, grad school applications, job applications, grants, manuscripts, book proposals, and queries. As a professional coach and teacher I’ve worked in academic and university administrative settings, junior and collegiate sports, and with a wide variety of students, clients, and athletes from pre-K through adulthood.
