The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

They know when to enforce strict writing rules and when to fudge in a creative context. TIP: Another benefit of a sample edit is that you’ll get a sense of whether you like the editor you picked and whether the two of you will work well together. Both posts include links to other valuable resources. Delete comma?).

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While drafting this post I checked the chapters of fourteen  New York Times  best sellers in fiction for that week  and found this breakdown: 4 novels used chapter (or part) numbers but no titles. Agents and editors can also be helpful in nudging writers one way or another toward choices that meet reader expectations.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

John Fox gives fiction writing tips in this interview. In the intro, writing and publishing across multiple genres [Ask ALLi ]; Pilgrimage and solo walking [Women Who Walk ]; My live webinars on using AI tools as an author ; Cowriting with ChatGPT: AI-Powered Storytelling by J. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This is a guest post by Stefanie Flaxman of Revision Fairy® Small Business Proofreading Services. Writing mistakes happen. Unfortunately for you and your readers, writing mistakes are like speed bumps on the blog post open highway. Here are 21 common writing mistakes that turn off new readers.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 18, 2022

Almost every writer I know has a love-hate relationship with their writing program, whether it’s Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, or a yellow legal pad. Word for the web and Scrivener have no watermark option at that time of this writing. Scrivener is great for drafting but has limited formatting capabilities.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

A question that frequently comes up in writing and blogging groups I’m part of is: ‘anyone know a good editor?’. The most common reason is that many people think the job of an editor is to take their words and re-write them to sound heaps better. That’s ghost writing. That’s not editing, however.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MAY 10, 2022

But when I type a colon within a sentence, I often have to stop and think about how to write the next word: whether to cap it isn’t always obvious. Their job is to draft and craft their work, trusting their copyeditors and proofreaders to monitor and apply the consistency readers appreciate (whether they realize it or not).

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

You are writing for an audience that is constantly on the go and connected. Perhaps you could make yourself clearer via podcast rather than plain posts. Types of Content formats that Work Best for lead generation: Blog posts and articles. Quicksprout is a website that offers tips and advice on writing content and headlines.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. It's really not.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2017

You can’t adequately edit and proofread at the same time, says @AnnGynn. And if you think the same person can write, edit, and proof their own work, you should be afraid, very afraid of publishing that content. Bureau of Labor Statistics recognizes proofreaders as distinct from editors. Click To Tweet. Even the U.S.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 6, 2011

This guest post is by Krizia of the Blog Income for Women Blueprint. copywriter: I wrote most of the copy. editor/proofreader: we had the copy revised by a few editors. PowerPoint creator: one of those editors also set the entire project out in PowerPoint. copy for the text-base sales page.

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