Elena Cotten Westbrook, ELS --Complex ideas,      simply told

What good is your idea if no one can understand it? If people fall asleep or give up trying to read your reports or manuals, they'll never know how brilliant and helpful your ideas really are.

That's where Four Cedars Communications can help. For the last ten years, I've been untangling complicated technical and scientific ideas so that ordinary people - such as clients, employees, and patients - can understand them.

Whether you're trying to write a journal article, prepare for nationwide employee training, respond to a big federal Request for Proposals, put together a new brochure, or just polish your writing so that no errors mar your professional image, I have the experience and resources to help.

Careful editing and rewriting does more than correct spelling errors. I also make sure that your document develops a clear, logical argument, with facts supporting the conclusion. I confirm that the data presented in the executive summary matches the data in the detailed tables. I hack through management-speak so that employees understand what you really want. And I make sure that no embarrassing factual errors or misused words obscure your message.

• Developmental editing or co-authoring of technical papers and books
• Writing marketing materials such as brochures and newsletters
• Developing public relations materials such as press releases and media kits
• Preparing proposals and grant applications
• Writing training materials
• Copyediting for both publishers and authors
• Medical and scientific copyediting

What level of writing or editing would help you most? For advice on your specific situation, please contact Elena Cotten Westbrook.