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Month: July 2014

Video Game Narrative

  One of the venues for the most words and storytelling today is video games. They’re prolific — in word count, in product count, in “readership.”  

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Reflections on Award-worthy Editing

Reflections on Award-worthy Editing

“A good edit can be a writing masterclass,” says Peter Midgley. (Tweet this)   The latest winner of the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence spoke to

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Editing the Words-to-be-spoken

Editing the Words-to-be-spoken

The most helpful references I find as I investigate the role of words (narrative) in video games. Taking this course at Vanderbilt University is part of this self-study — Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative, by Prof. Jay Clayton.

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How to Edit the VIP and Keep Your Job

How to Edit the VIP and Keep Your Job

How to edit the VIP and keep your job. (Tweet this) Tips for treading lightly, today in my How To column at Copyediting.com.   Photo by Dan

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Links OTW, July 19–25

Links OTW, July 19–25

Positively hilarious & useful stuff in this week’s productivity round-up (Tweet this) — a clear theme that emerged from the stuff from the web that really

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Can you speak Canadian summer?

Can you speak Canadian summer?

  Has the humidex got you reaching for a pop, dockside at the camp? You might be Canadian. That’s right, according to Only in Canada,

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How to Find Out What a Character Is in Word

How to Find Out What a Character Is in Word

  Need to get more than this from Word? Wondering what character that really is in your Word document? Has the writer used the proper degree symbol

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6 Points for Eliminating Gender Bias in Reporting

6 Points for Eliminating Gender Bias in Reporting

  Eliminating gender bias from all word use may be a tall order, but CP16 offers the following guidance. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com.

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How to Find Non-Printing Characters in MS Word

How to Find Non-Printing Characters in MS Word

This week in my How To column at Copyediting.com we look at how to find those hidden light-blue non-printing characters using Word’s Find function rather than your tired

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Links OTW, July 5–11

Links OTW, July 5–11

— the stuff from the web that really grabbed me this week.

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