Arrant Pedantry

AUGUST 27, 2020

To me, “as such” is a prepositional phrase, and “such” is a pronoun that must refer to some sort of noun or noun phrase, as in “I’m a copy editor; as such, I fix bad writing.” Usage by well-regarded writers or some other elites? The rest of the language will keep marching on without us.

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Kayleigh Moore

JUNE 24, 2021

That’s why I recently reached out to Jess Huckins , a professional editor and writer of 12+ years who has produced content for massive companies like Workhuman, Microsoft, and Tom Brady’s TB12—among others. Editors often expect writers to not accept a lot of the changes they mark within a document.

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Top Content Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you’re a writer, you must edit and revise your work at some point in the creation process. First drafts are rarely perfect, even when written by experienced professional writers. No matter how great of a writer you are, typos will slip in and mistakes will be made. It just comes with the territory.

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Grammar Underground

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By traditional copy editor standards, they should be “chaise longue” and “champing at the bit.” Yet for decades, careless American writers have glossed over that last word and assumed it was the English word “lounge.” For years, every time I saw “chaise lounge” or “chomping at the bit” in an article I was editing, I changed it.

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Grammar Underground

AUGUST 14, 2023

Copy editors notice a lot of little stuff that other people might not. The online news sites that continue to nudge out traditional news outlets often contain tiny hints that they’re being produced by people who aren’t as well versed in language and style as older forms of media. Is is a verb and it is a pronoun.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 16, 2024

PROMOTIONS At Penguin Random House Children’s , Annie Kelley has been promoted to executive editor. Rebecca Vitkus has been promoted to senior managing editor. Emily Hoffman has been promoted to associate managing editor. Stephanie Bay has been promoted to senior copy editor.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2011

Ailsa is a great grandmother of an editor (pun intended): she’s been teaching English longer than many of us have been alive. Here are Ailsa’s top tips for becoming a better writer. 6 Killer Writing Tips from a Great-Grandmother of a Copy Editor. Needless to say she knows a thing or two about writing well.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

Do you get a buzz from fine-tuning bloated paragraphs so they hammer home the writer’s message? So, if you’re already a professional freelance writer , you have an unfair advantage. Editors look at the big picture, while proofreaders are razor-sharp grammar checkers. Scribbr Want to help students graduate?

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Being a freelance writer for the fashion industry is an exciting idea. Fashion writers play a vital role in the industry because they help fashion businesses communicate their messages and educate the public about trends, styles, and beauty. There are many ways you can work as a fashion writer. SimplyHired. ContentWriting Jobs.

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Text Mercato

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

While businesses do fine with an in-house team of content writers, you need to understand which stage you are at in your business and what benefits you the most. No matter how good your in-house team of writers is, they can soon grow biased towards your brand. Break the fourth wall with content targeting your audience!

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Whether you’re a seasoned freelance writer or a new writer with no experience, freelance writing jobs that pay are still plentiful in 2022, 2023, and beyond — if: You know where to look… You know how to promote yourself… And you know how to differentiate yourself from your fellow writers. That’s where we come in.

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Publishing Trends

AUGUST 1, 2023

Artie Bennett , executive copy editor, will retire on November 10. Allison Moore has started as an acquisition editor at 8th Note Press , launched recently by ByteDance (owner of TikTok). She seeks writers with a strong presence or potential in the social media space.

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Grammar Underground

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Pretty much every writer I’ve ever edited has one habit in common: Every time they mention an organization, be it a company, a nonprofit, or a government department, they immediately insert its initials in parentheses. I understand why writers do this: We’ve all seen it done a thousand times. It seems standard.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 14, 2023

ProWritingAid can help you self-edit your work before you take it on to a human editor, so they can focus on the bigger issues. In this episode, Chris Banks, the CEO of ProWritingAid talks about how developments in AI have added functionality to the software to help writers even more. Or you can just go to ProWritingAid.com.

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Smart Blogger

MAY 4, 2023

Especially when it comes to writing effective marketing copy.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

The No-Stress Way for Writers to Outline Author: David Carr Source: The Book Designer If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the idea of outlining, or if your mind goes blank whenever you sit down to plan out your book, David’s post breaks things down into simple steps — with a focus on gathering your ideas then getting them into a logical order.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MARCH 14, 2023

If you don’t want to lose touch, please join my free “Writer, Editor, Helper” email newsletter list , beginning in early 2023. Writer, Editor, Helper” is aimed at general readers.   I know many readers of this blog are also writers, so I hope you’ll stay on board. And they’re free!

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

In the writers’ groups where I hang out online, these queries are evergreen: How do I know if I need a copyeditor  before  I submit my work to an agent or editor? The replies and comments are typically so head-spinning in their range and variety that no one could blame writers for being confused.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JUNE 13, 2022

A writer’s choice of the indicative or subjunctive mood can affect the tone and authenticity of narration or dialogue. Creative writers and their editors will benefit from understanding the formal use of the subjunctive (that is, the usage traditionally considered correct in English grammar guides) in order to make the right choice.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Writers often ask how to style such titles. Many writers don’t know that the default guidelines for styling the titles of works in fiction and other kinds of creative writing are the same as for works of nonfiction, as laid out in  CMOS  8.156–201. The writer or editor objects. With italics? Quotation marks?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, a question that went something like this appeared in a Facebook group for writers seeking help from book editors: Help with this sentence please! A friend said it should be “whoever” and my editor said “whomever.” For writers striving to improve. Some advice, for whoever/whomever is interested.” How do you vote?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 20, 2021

Jack Hart  has spent five decades helping writers succeed, working shoulder-to-shoulder with journalists in newsrooms both big and small and with students at five universities. Writers who’ve worked with him have written national best sellers and won prizes that include five Pulitzers and a slew of other national awards.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2011

I hire a copy editor to clean up my posts, and while the ideas, connections, turns of phrase, overall structure and layout are mine, it still feels inauthentic. Write with a copy editor. It may take some time to find a writer who understands you and with whom you can develop a “voice.&# Feel free to comment.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Planning a book’s chapters can happen in more than one way, depending on how a writer works. Knowing its goal, a writer knows when the goal has been reached. Jericho Writers , accessed June 8, 2022. Plotters” have an idea ahead of time what will happen in each chapter, so they have an advantage in knowing when it’s finished.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 1, 2022

Creative writers sometimes mangle grammar on purpose or get creative with punctuation. commenters told a writer that “breathe deep” was incorrect, as opposed to “breathe deeply.” Writers are often told that simple tenses are more dynamic than progressive ones, and progressive tenses begin with a form of “to be.” Simple past.].

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The Subversive Copy Editor

OCTOBER 22, 2022

You can see that even without a defined grammatical function, interjections are as useful as any other part of speech and especially useful to creative writers. Chicago style will serve a writer well. In the second, the interjected “ahem” adds a nervous faltering in the manager’s voice as she takes the blame. Punctuating Interjections.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 7, 2022

But before we declare the TOC irrelevant to printed novels, let’s take a closer look at why some current best-selling writers (or their editors or publishers) decide to include one. When a Table of Contents Is Helpful in a Novel. As a guide to a complex narrative. To communicate locations in a book. As part of your writing process.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If that sounds unhelpful, read on to see what real-life published writers are doing these days. But then I ran across a  sensitive and instructive blog post  by fiction editor Louise Harnby explaining why “front-loaded” dialogue tags are scarce in fiction and how writers can use them to best advantage.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MAY 10, 2022

Most writers are rightly oblivious to style choices at this level. It also may entail explaining to writers why some words after a colon are capped, and others are not. In the second example, the lowercase “we” encourages us to assume that the sentence “Here’s the scheme: we meet at Josephina’s” expresses the entire scheme.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MARCH 11, 2022

One of my favorite MS Word tricks allows a novelist (or any book writer) to view and organize their chapters in the Navigation pane (an option under the View tab). Using this feature, I can see all my chapter titles at a glance, and I can go instantly to the one I want by clicking on its title.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

  The Editing Podcast has lots of other great posts for writers and editors.   Listen here ( Blogging Tips for Editors and Authors ) or through your favorite podcast app. .   In part 1 (26:23 min) we discuss.     Blogging goals.   Coming up with ideas.   Promoting your blog.

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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. Many writers pay thousands of dollars for freelance editorial help before they publish. Scrivener is great for drafting but has limited formatting capabilities. Voice Narration.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

So, in no particular order… Content Writer A freelance content writer creates engaging, relevant, and informative digital content in the form of blog posts, social media posts, website articles, or ebooks. Hence, the high-demand for great content writers. How Much Can I Make Freelancing as a Content Writer?

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

Check it out for free or get 25% off the premium edition at www.ProWritingAid.com/joanna John Matthew Fox is an award-winning short story writer, a developmental editor, writing teacher and blogger. His latest book is The Linchpin Writer: Crafting Your Novel's Key Moments. John has courses for writers here.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. ”. Grammarly offers a succinct explanation of how a copy editor approaches content: The tasks include checking written material for grammar, spelling, style and punctuation issues before it’s prepared for proofreading. What’s the difference? The math doesn’t add up.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

Show Notes Tips for being a prolific writer Reasons why authors write darker books Scheduling separate times for writing different genres Creating a successful co-writing relationship What is a series of standalone? Writing was never something that I kind of foresaw as a career because I never thought it was achievable to become a writer.

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Arrant Pedantry

OCTOBER 24, 2019

If it were relevant, why wouldn’t the writer have made it more explicit, as in “Ryan founded the company with his only brother, Scott”? 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.).

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