About Four Shore

My name is Matt Thornton and I have many years' experience in writing and editing. I was born in England and English is my first language. At school, I studied English to A-Level*. I am an associate of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders and I am currently studying for the accreditation exam. I am also an affiliate of the IEEE Professional Communication Society, a society dedicated to understanding and promoting effective communication in engineering, scientific, and other technical environments, forming part of my technical writing expertise.

I have experience in many different areas (detailed briefly below) and each section of this website describes the ways in which I am able to assist with your writing. My primary strength is the ability to recognise different styles and types of writing and adjust the editing process accordingly. I have extensive research skills and use all available resources to ensure the accuracy of your writing and my editing.

I attended the University of Southampton, where I received my first degree (BA Hons Geography) and my PhD. The subject of my PhD was remote sensing and my thesis was entitled "Super-resolution mapping of linear land cover features from high-resolution remotely sensed imagery." I have published papers in the International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS), Remote Sensing of Environment (RSE) and IEEE Computers and Geosciences (IEEECG). I have peer-reviewed multiple articles for IJRS, RSE and IEEECG and presented at many international conferences, including IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, RSPSOC and Geostats.

I have written and edited website design specifications and contracts, job applications, curriculum vitaes, technical documentation and online and offline advertisements.

I have created and published many online articles, such as my own travel blog and I created and wrote for a cricket blog for approximately 18 months. I have published web-related articles with Sitepoint. I am currently writing my first fictional novel.

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* Equivalent of 6th form college, Upper 6th, Year 13 and 12th Grade (US)