sharpening your ideas ∙ polishing your words

Your writing, only better.

Marketing Pieces

Garner credibility and respect with professionally polished newsletters, articles, eBooks/eCourses, websites, blog posts, white papers, media kits, brochures, and more.
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Scholarly Works

Enlist my professional editing services for more precise and refined published and academic works, such as books, journal articles, standardized tests, theses, and dissertations.

Career Materials

Changing careers? Put your best foot forward with a tailored curriculum vitae (CV), résumé, cover letter, references list, or thank-you letter.

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Bring me into your writing project at any point — research, writing, formatting, editing, or final proof. I'll help you create clear and compelling content that lends credibility to you or your brand.

Tell me more... What project of yours could use some "professional polish" today?

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With over 20 years of professional editing experience, I offer practical assistance for content marketing, writing, and proofreading projects of all kinds. Whether you need help organizing your ideas — or just putting on the finishing touches — I’m here to make you SHINE!

Keep your unique voice & tone… It’s YOUR writing, only better.

Let me know how I can put my Polished Pen to work for you.

Kind regards,

Sarah Thurs
The Polished Pen, LLC
Sarah@PolishedPen.com 

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words of praise...

“The services that The Polished Pen offers are a content marketer’s dream. Over the past several years, Sarah has helped me with deadlines on a variety of editing projects, including: blog posts, email marketing content, and eBooks. When the project is returned, I’m able to click the Publish button with confidence, knowing she’s reviewed every last detail for accuracy, clarity, and cohesion. She’s also been an important asset with multiple website-builds. Both her professional demeanor with clients and her final content deliverables are stellar. Hiring The Polished Pen takes the stress out of content marketing. Just as she claims, Sarah truly knows how to make her clients SHINE.”
Zina Harrington

Content Marketing Director, Lasso The Moon

“Sarah Thurs has been an invaluable asset to us at First UU Wausau. She makes things work — and look good — without imposing herself. She has designed our print ads, flyers, and brochures, and she served our Board of Trustees as an active, engaged team player — and editor of technical Board documents, assembling input from multiple co-authors with diverse styles. Twice she and a co-chair developed, marketed, and project-managed an enormously successful Alternative Holiday Market event for the community. I’ve known and worked closely with Sarah for several years, and I highly recommend her to you.”
Rev. Paul Beckel

Minister, Formerly of First UU Wausau

“I can’t say enough about the help Sarah Thurs provided when I hired The Polished Pen to transform my work into a professional-looking, well-organized, tied-together, book and eBook. From start to finish, she spent one-on-one time with me, offering her expertise in publishing industry standards, APA style, and organization of the content of my manuscript. In addition to her text edits, she made helpful suggestions to the publishing staff regarding art placement, table formatting, jacket copy, headers/footers, page spreads, and more. Sarah was an enthusiastic supporter of my publishing efforts. Don’t write a book without her.”

Barbara J. Lonsdorf, PhD

Couples & Family Therapist