guest post – Right Angels and Polo Bears

Ways to Lower the Reading Level

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by Rita Vanden Heuvel for dameditors. Reposted here with permission and covered under this site’s CC license Writers of safety communications know that it’s crucial

“You keep using that word…”: The Princess Bride and Effective Word Choice

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Guest post by Rachel Stuckey Vizzini didn’t have much of an imagination. He couldn’t conceive of the implausible, possible, or even highly probable occurring if

Shoe-swapping for writers and editorial professionals – getting the job quote right

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Guest post by Louise Harnby of the Proofreader’s Parlour. Read part 1 too, lest you think the client said Shuswap (pictured here) not shoe-swap.

Shoe-swapping for writers and editorial professionals – getting the request to quote right

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Guest post by Louise Harnby of the Proofreader’s Parlour. The most productive relationships between writers and their editors/proofreaders come about when both parties explain themselves

Writing for investors? Avoid these five phrases

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guest post by Danielle Arbuckle Every industry has its own language, and finance is no exception. Some people may think we use this language

Using the PDF Markup Comments List: One User’s Experience

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I am very pleased to release the first guest post on this blog, by my colleague Dawn Hunter, a freelance editor and a multi award-winning author. I [Dawn]