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Category: substantive / stylistic editing
Transmittal Notes
When you submit an edited file, include a transmittal note. What to say in that note is the topic of my How To post today
How to Make a Figures Manuscript
The terms figure and visual are often used interchangeably. For each visual in the product, there will be a separate entry in the figures manuscript.
How to Limit Author’s Alterations
How do you deal with a writer who can’t stop writing, even when the manuscript has moved on in the process? Get three ideas in
10 Ways to Word a Sensitive Query
“Really, again?” “How is this even possible?” “Huh?” Reblogged at ACES, we look at wording editors can use to soften their exasperation and phrase a query with the
How to Query Plagiarism
Read the updated post. When an editor spots words that her writer didn’t write, she needs to flag them so that they get attributed to the right
Correct Facts without Insult
There’s a factual flub in the copy. Today, find tips on how to query factual errors without insulting the writer, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.
Defending Your Edits
Having to answer to an untrained critic is one of the most ire-inducing things an editor can be asked to do. Today, in my column
Ways to Lower the Reading Level
by Rita Vanden Heuvel for dameditors. Reposted here with permission and covered under this site’s © license Writers of safety communications know that it’s crucial
How to Make It Fit
Read the updated post. Knowing standard length in the market is the first step in getting the copy to fit. Setting expectations is the next