substantive / developmental editing – Right Angels and Polo Bears

Editing: It’s about accuracy, not just typos

Editing is about a lot more than typos. Strong arguments can be made that unless an editor (or proofreader) has

Editing is about far more than finding typos. We already saw that spelling & grammar make up less than 0.1%

Of the ~150 Professional Editorial Standards, only about 6 have to do with spelling & grammar (in yellow). We can

Whether you have a manuscript in hand or are trying to get started on one, picking an organizational principle can

This revision of Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards was a major overhaul. Get the summary and links to more in-depth analysis here.

Can you see that? Designs continue to lower their contrast, use smaller fonts, and are designed to be pretty but

The goal is to offer minimal interventions to bring a piece of writing to the next stage. But how can you learn to edit with a lighter hand?

The Typographic Oath was suggested by senior editor Erin Brenner as a guiding principle of editing ethics.* Her second point

What to do when you discover someone else’s content used without credit.

By chunking the editorial tasks, we focus our attention and our decisions, resulting in maximum speed and efficacy.