Ella S.

I’m a British editor, ghostwriter, writer and voice artist, with experience across books, personal development, children’s content, education, meditation, wellbeing and digital publishing. I’m Top Rated on Upwork with 100% Job Success across more than 50 projects. Editing is a significant part of my work. I provide developmental and structural editing, line and copyediting, proofreading, rewriting, and manuscript support. Recent projects include the developmental edit of a forthcoming personal-development book; detailed pre-publication editing of a complex specialist nonfiction manuscript; substantive editing of a 370+ page published nonfiction book; and extensive developmental, line and copyediting of a published children’s novel. I’m particularly interested in the relationship between the detail and the whole. I notice where the sentence isn’t quite working, or the chapter is in the wrong place; I recognise where the idea needs more room or the repetition that is slowing everything down; I validate the section that is already doing exactly what it needs to do. I edit closely without imposing a generic voice on the writing, keeping author's voice intact and in flow. I also ghostwrite books and long-form content. My work includes several published children’s books, a complete 30-day self-love journal, personal-development and transformational writing, educational material, non-fiction books, meditation and sleep content, and narrative work. I’m comfortable developing a project from an early idea, working from rough source material, or stepping into an existing manuscript that needs shaping and finishing. I was formerly Head of Content & Meditation at Moments of Space, where I led editorial direction and brand voice, wrote extensively both inside and outside of the app, and edited and developed work by other writers. I’ve also created meditation, mindfulness, sleep, and wellbeing content for a wide range of apps and private clients. Alongside writing and editing, I’m an experienced British voice artist with a naturally warm, low-toned RP voice and a professional home studio. I’ve recorded hundreds of guided meditations, sleep stories, visualisations, and other pieces of spoken content, as well as children’s and narrative work. My background is in language, literature, education, and performance. I have a First Class BA in Film, Drama & Literary Studies, an MA, a PGCE in Secondary English with QTS, and a TEFL qualification. When I’m editing someone else’s manuscript or finding the voice for a ghostwritten book, writing an original piece, or recording it, I tend to care passionately about the same things. For me, what matters is language, rhythm, meaning, audience, and getting the details right.