With more than two decades’ experience writing, editing, indexing, coaching, and teaching composition at the university level, The Write Assistant is your go-to for all your documentation assistance needs.
Leah F Cassorla, Ph.D., MFA
SERVICES
Writing Coaching
Individual sessions designed to focus on your writing needs and feedback on your manuscript.
Editing
If your document is written but needs help—from formative to final—The Write Assistant can edit to your publication specifications.
Indexing
The Write Assistant hand indexes, with index cards (yes, that’s why they’re called that!). Not automating the process allows me to use my intellect and experience as a writer and editor to find, compile, and cross-reference your work.
Custom Orders
Want some but not all of my services? Not sure what you want or need? Looking for something else? Let me know, and we will find a way or make one!
What People Are Saying
Journalism
“Thank you, Leah, for your excellent assistance proofreading magazine articles for the Valdosta State University Graduate School magazine, Perspectives in Research. Your work was a crucial component to the completion of this publication, and helped ensure this project's success. ”
— D. R. Delaney, managing editor
Technical Editing
“I am happy to hear about your new writing business! Your products have been extremely professional and helpful in the development of my company's technical reports. The Write Assistant is a great company name for your talents!”
— Richard Punnett, Ph.D., Pres., Hydrologic Realities, Inc.
Fiction Coaching and Editing
“You have this uncanny ability to sense the emotional landscape, the interior rhythms of the characters and you do so both by honoring what they have already revealed about themselves (what the narrative says) and your own intuitive and trained sensibilities about who needs to say what and what needs to happen next. You also remember. I am often amazed in conversation your recall of some piece of information about a character that struggled to come through yet you mention it as if it were true all along, as if yes, it makes total sense. Not that you agree with everything, of course, but your commitment to clarity of raw intent on both the narrator's and character's part, speaks to another kind of generosity, which is perhaps akin to a search for truth...Needless to say I agree that we've done great work together.”
— M. Jacqui Alexander, Ph.D., professor, writer
Dissertation Coaching and Editing
“Leah’s help with editing my dissertation was absolutely crucial to my success! I could not have completed my PhD without her! Her comments helped me to clearly articulate my ideas, and her suggestions always made sense. She provided a caring space for me to discuss whatever issues I had with the writing process or my sources. The last year of my PhD program was especially difficult, but Leah was my lifeline. I do not think I can ever adequately express my gratitude for her time and effort.”
—Randy Smookler, Ph.D.
The New Heroines, a book I edited and indexed
Womanist Forefathers, a book I indexed.
A Law Enforcement Training Textbook I edited and indexed.
A collection of short stories I edited: Discovering the World