My name is Laura, and proofreading is one of my favorite things to do. When I was in college, I found myself editing and proofreading for all of my classmates, who trusted me to make sure that their errors in format, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure were caught and remedied before a paper was submitted. I constantly find myself proofreading and editing--even in my daytime job, in which I work as an occupational therapist. As I read medical records, I find myself correcting spellings and punctuation and trying to figure out what that writer <em>really</em> meant in a sentence that doesn't make much sense. In order to really hone my skills in proofreading, I've taken and passed a course entitled <em>Transcript Proofreading: Theory and Practice</em>, in which I learned a lot about proofreading legal transcripts, specifically. <br />I feel that the job of any editor or proofreader is to make the author look good, and that's what I endeavor to do. Ultimately, that's why a writer looks for an editor: they need a second set of eyes to catch errors and to make sure that their work looks its very best. As an editor, that's always my aim.