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.”
Month: July 2014
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
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.
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
Links OTW, July 5–11
— the stuff from the web that really grabbed me this week.