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ABOUT ME

My name's Tom and I work as a freelance editor and writer.

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I was born and raised in Berkshire, England. I got four and a half A* grades at GCSE, including English Language, English Literature and History (the half, if you're wondering, was for Religious Studies short course.) Subsequently, I achieved three A grades at A Level (English, History and Psychology), and a Distinction in an Advanced Extension Award for English (this was quite a while ago now; Advanced Extension Awards no longer exist!)

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I studied two History degrees at the University of Southampton, graduating with a 2.1 for the BA course in 2012 and a Merit for the MA course in 2013. As part of my MA History qualification, I naturally completed a Scriptwriting module offered by the Creative Writing department!

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Whilst at Southampton, I was also involved in the following; I held a sub-editor role for the Wessex Scene, the student newspaper, and was responsible for verifying the accuracy of factual details, correcting grammatical errors and ensuring the articles had a readable, cohesive flow; I contributed to the university's published Creative Writing anthology; I worked as the lead scriptwriter for the presentation scripts performed by the organisation Enactus Southampton when they won the Enactus UK competition and then came second at the Enactus World Cup in 2013.

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Upon graduating, I worked for three and a half years at a secondary school. As part of this role, I was responsible for producing and meticulously checking 1700 reports to tight deadlines 3-4 times a year before the reports were published to parents. When I left, I compiled a list of anecdotes entitled 'The Chronicles of Siania' as a leaving present (this tends to work best if you have a colleague called Sian, which fortunately I did; no one has dared leave since.) 

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As a freelance writer and editor, I have worked on over 400 documents. This has included academic essays, novel drafts, and job applications. I have experience in fulfilling a range of client requests and instructions, ensuring that all deadlines are met and work is completed to a high standard.

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I have also had written sketches performed by The Treason Show, a topical comedy show in Brighton.

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