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The suite of skills that writer/editor Paul Lagasse can bring to your project covers the entire life cycle of the written word in all its forms: from planning and research, through creation and revision, use and repurposing, long-term storage, and finally disposal. Few other writing services firms offer this combination of professional skills.

Whether the project is a single feature article or an entire book, Active Voice guarantees:

  • orderly workflow
  • regular feedback
  • responsiveness to change
  • completion on time and on budget

Click on the categories below to find out how Active Voice can help you meet your communication needs.

+ writing services

Active Voice writing services specialize in several areas: technical writing, feature writing, marketing writing, and historical writing. Click on the links to find out more about each:

+ technical writing

There's nothing passive about your line of work -- and your training manuals, instructional textbooks, product documentation, and technical reports should reflect that!

A member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), Paul Lagasse has over ten years' experience communicating technical issues to a wide range of technical and non-technical audiences.

The Active Voice technical writing style grabs and holds your readers' attention by:

  • Putting the subject where the reader can find it.
  • Shining the spotlight on the action.
  • Using clear, accurate terminology.
  • Structuring the information logically and readably.

+ feature writing

Your subject is worth knowing about -- tell your readers that it is worth reading about too. Active Voice means dynamic, subject driven features designed to grab and hold your readers. Active Voice is your voice: serious or droll, technical or general, analytical or conversational -- always interesting.

+ marketing writing

You have only a moment to turn a potential customer into a paying customer -- let Active Voice help you clinch that sale!

Active Voice has helped small businesses and large associations alike reach their markets through effectively presented, engaging copy. Find out how Active Voice can do the same for you with effective marketing tools such as:

  • Multi-fold brochures, pamphlets, and flyers
  • Print and web advertisements
  • Mass mailings
  • Paid content, articles, and blog posts
  • Product and services catalogs
  • Logos, graphics, and design

Active Voice can provide you with camera- and web-ready products or provide raw content that your marketing team can repourpose in multiple venues.

Want to gear up your marketing for Web 2.0? Don't worry, Active Voice speaks "new media" too. Just remember, regardless of the medium, getting and keeping your customer's attention is the name of the game. And that's what Active Voice is all about.

+ historical writing

Active Voice reveals the people and the actions that drive historical events. Historical narratives serve a broad range of useful purposes:

  • They commemorate and celebrate key people and the actions for which they are remembered.
  • They serve as case studies for policy makers.
  • They chronicle important relationships between key individuals and with outside communities.
  • They document an organization's values and capabilities.
  • They clarify legal, financial, and professional obligations.

Active Voice specializes in research and writing on subjects in the history of the sciences, technology, the military, engineering, and business. Active Voice speaks and understands the languages of many diverse specialties. Not only that, Active Voice can translate those languages into one that your audience will understand. Active Voice can also work within your attorney-client and privacy privileges.

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+ editorial services

Whether in print or electronic format, your communications must be clear, concise, and accurate. Active Voice will help you ensure that your copy is as clean as it can be.

Professional editorial services include:

  • Copyediting and substantive editing
  • Proofreading
  • Indexing
  • Fact checking and accuracy verification
  • Rhetorical, structural, and logical analysis
  • Layout and design consultation

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+ research services

Whether you are looking for little-known historical secrets or the latest information, Active Voice will find it for you -- in time for you to use it. Paul Lagasse has the academic training and real-world experience necessary to conduct efficient and effective research in sources such as:

  • Guides and directories
  • Library catalogs and databases
  • Museum and archival collections
  • Business and organizational records

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+ information management services

Active Voice can help you preserve your historical records for future generations of users. Active Voice uses professional archival techniques to arrange, describe, and preserve records in paper, audiovisual, and electronic formats.

Active Voice:

  • Reviews records for information of permanent historical, evidential, or legal value.
  • Arranges records for access while also preserving original order.
  • Protects records from humidity, temperature, damage, and loss.
  • Inventories and catalogs records so that researchers can find information quickly and easily

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Paul Lagasse
Active Voice Writing and Editorial Services
Baltimore, Maryland
(410) 534-6662 (phone/fax)
www.avwrites.com