The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The text is old. Readers appreciate consistency in the way titles appear in a text. You might feel certain you’ve read novels or stories where titles of works were  not  styled according to Chicago’s preferences. You’re probably right, and there are several possible reasons for that. What the devil is it?” (173).

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

Dragon NaturallySpeaking [Software] Source: Amazon While there are free dictation options out there, many authors recommend using Dragon NaturallySpeaking — which you can use not only to dictate but to browse the web, edit your text, and more. If you can, hire a copy editor to help you put that final polish on your manuscript. #22.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MAY 10, 2022

running text, narrative, paragraphs, body text. For an experienced copyeditor any exceptions will be intuitive and dither-free. What This Isn’t About: Headlines. Just to clarify, this post isn’t about display type. I’m only talking about regular old sentences, a.k.a.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MARCH 11, 2022

I modified Heading 1 to match my text, using plain 12-point Times New Roman, plus centering, plus automatic numbering. TIP: I don’t like Word’s look for Heading 1 (big and blue), so I changed it. When you modify a style, all the headings in your doc automatically change to the new look. Then What?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

Each suggestion in the Editor pane goes with an underlined word or phrase in the text of your manuscript. Click through a couple dozen suggestions or more, pausing to look at each one. Read what Word says is wrong, and read how Word wants to fix it. The underlines can be customized, if you’re into that kind of thing.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 6, 2011

After all, you’re allowing buyers to learn in three ways (audio, video, and text—if you offer a PowerPoint presentation, buyers can download and print that too). copywriter: I wrote most of the copy. editor/proofreader: we had the copy revised by a few editors. copy for the text-base sales page.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Visuals break up your text and make your answers more visually appealing and easier to read. proofreading (writer/editor, copy editor, content editor, proofreader, etc.), Stories are not only a great way to engage readers and increase views, they also help readers learn and retain information better.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

Copywriter A copywriter writes sales messages in the form of texts, or copy, for the purpose of promoting products and services. They create: sales letters blog posts product descriptions app home pages white papers lead magnet copy There are plenty of copywriting opportunities as there are different types of copywriting.

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Susan Greene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Don’t copy big swaths of text from your website or brochure for your app. Consider having a copy editor review your work. If you discover that certain screens are causing confusion or aren’t getting users to take the desired action, revise the text. Tailor your content for mobile screens. No extra words.

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Arrant Pedantry

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The ensuing discussion prompted a friend and fellow editor, Iva Cheung , to make the following cartoon , which she dedicated to me: (Follow the link to see the mouseover text and bonus.). It may indeed sound ridiculous, but my coworker is far from the only editor or writer to have grappled with this problem.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 18, 2022

TIP: If you choose to rely on your operating system’s voice option (such as Narrator in Windows or VoiceOver on a Mac), a Google search like “text to speech on [your device and operating system]” will lead you to specific instructions for turning the feature on. A good way to do this is to put a transparent watermark on every page.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JULY 15, 2022

It’s more that email, texting, and team apps encourage brevity at the expense of context, and punctuation steps up to communicate tone of voice. Maybe all the fuss over “texting these days” has done us a favor in pointing up limitations in the way we punctuate. Let’s blame social media. It’s so easy.) Exclamations abound!!

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Long before a book is printed, while the text is still in manuscript form, editors at publishing houses speak in terms of word count, not page count. A picture book editor might think in terms of 0–750 words. An editor acquiring young-adult fantasy novels will consider anything from about 80,000 words and up.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

In the intro, Draft2Digital acquires SelfPubBookCovers ; Different types of creative energy [ Self Publishing Advice ]; Twitter becomes X [ The Verge ]; TikTok text posts [ The Verge ]; What AI can help you do in 30 mins [ Ethan Mollick ]; Discovery Writing with ChatGPT by J. Dan Willcocks talks about his creative and business approach.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Publishing templates won’t expose errors in the text, however, and graphic designers don’t necessarily proofread for consistency in capitalization, punctuation, or spelling. A professional editor or proofreader can help with that. Indie writers who aren’t sure of their own skills might consider hiring a graphic designer.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 12, 2021

The right-hand margin of the text in the page proof is fully justified rather than ragged, and the text is single-spaced rather than double. Manuscript text. Compare these images of a manuscript page and a page from a published book. A manuscript page in standard format. A typical page from a typeset book.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

For a famous quote or text no longer under copyright, that might be enough, especially if you qualify or paraphrase. A writer can identify the source of a quotation in various ways, from casual to rigorous, depending on how the quote is used and whether readers will be satisfied with the level of attribution. Naming the Speaker or Writer.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

They slow down the reader and remove her from your world—the created reality that you share through your text. Photos complement your text and improve a reader’s experience. Use the main keyword that you’re promoting in your post for the name of a photo file and its alt text (title tag). Think 360 degrees of SEO.

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ProBlogger

MAY 26, 2011

That doesn’t mean flawless (even professional authors have copy-editors) but you should know: how to construct an engaging blog post, with a gripping introduction, clear message, and strong conclusion. how to format your posts for easy readability, using subheadings, short paragraphs, bold text, and bullet pointed lists.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JUNE 29, 2021

In this passage, Ben and Mariam are texting (singular “you”): Mariam:   Listen I have to go get ready for a meeting. Although someone might argue that it’s confusing to use the same word to refer to a singular entity in one place and a plural entity in another, the pronouns “you” and “your” work in exactly that way. I love you Benji.

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