How to attune your ear to an author’s voice so that you can preserve it while you edit. (link to my post on ACES)
Category: substantive / developmental editing
Canadianizing Texts
This post has been fixed now. A glitch in the system caused it to disappear from the host site. Canadianization
Use Word’s Outline View to Check Document Flow
Do you follow that editing principle of “parading your topic sentences”? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, learn about Word’s
Word Tool to Check Document Structure
Visualize the structure of a complex document and navigate it too, using Word’s Document Map Pane. I explain how, today,
Graph Guidelines
Graphs can quickly convey relationships and trends between and among data in ways that a data table or text narrative
Editing Visual Components
Updated correlation to professional standards, 6 May 2024 • Added alt text guide Jan 2025 Visuals aren’t just those pretty
8 Ways a Ruler Rocks Editing
How do you use a ruler when editing? I list 8 uses for rulers at (not of) the editing desk, today
Best Practices for the Structure of Social Media Posts
Place the Five Ws Above the Fold Where does the social media post get cut off by a “read more”
Computer tools for copy editors: macros
The few macros I use have made my editing better and faster, but I still only use about three consistently.
Links OTW, Aug 2–8
Resources I find that relate to copy editing scripts and screenplays for film, TV, video, podcast and all spoken words. There’s another post devoted to video games.