We help your writing grow.
From improving your English to polishing your academic and nonfiction writing, we empower writers.
What are your editing needs?
Get editing help with your dissertation (or master’s thesis or journal article). We can help you with word choice and grammar as well as with page formatting and references formatting.
Sign up for live writing consultations to improve your writing. These sessions give you time to develop your ideas, improve your English skills, and learn to apply basic or advanced grammar rules.
Working on a journal article that needs a bit more help before you’re ready to submit it? We can fix the wording and the references and, if desired, provide big-picture suggestions to shorten the time to acceptance.
Copyediting and proofreading for reports and documentation for educational agencies and institutions. We clean up drafts, improve readability, and format references; we also do page formatting. We specialize in K–12 education and social justice.
What It's Like to Work With Us
Meet the Wise Oak Team
Working as a team means we can keep prices down, keep our schedule flexible, and have more fun while we’re working.
Ellen Morgan
Editor & Founder
I started my career as a middle school English teacher. Now, I combine an intense focus on detail with my passion for seeing the writer as a person.Â
K Wyrick
Editor, Writer & Professor
I received my PhD in English in December 2021, the most recent milestone in my lifelong writing journey. Writing has always felt like a very personal and meaningful activity to me, and I love helping others express themselves in their own writing.Â
Janille Stephens
Editor & Lead Educator
I got my start as an elementary school teacher. After leaving public education, I successfully published curriculum for elementary school teachers, along with publishing my own writing online. As a lifelong writer, I believe that anyone can learn to write well, and that everyone has important work to share.
Lorin Shellenberger
Editor & Professor
I’m a college writing professor, published author, and dedicated editor. I’ve published six journal articles in the field of rhetoric and sports studies and written 10 grants for 501(c)3 nonprofits. My goal is to help people in diverse communities achieve their goals through successful writing.