There’s a mistake in my copy!
Perfection is not the realm of humans. How to help your clients understand this, today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.
Links OTW, Aug 9–15
I had a really long waiting room stay this week, so I caught up on a reading backlog. Lucky you:
6 New Honorary Certified Professional Editors
Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I recognize six members of EAC who recently got honorary certification for
When Lives Depend on the Words
How to deal with the emotional and legal risks of working on words that could save, or cost, or
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.
Stop Quotation Mark Abuse with this Simple Test
Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I reprise and expand my advice on scare quotes. (Tweet this post by
Ten Signs of “Lifted” Text
Ten telltales that will alert you to the need to “freshen up” some of the prose, or seek out the proper citation and permissions, or at least clean up the formatting.
Links OTW July 26–Aug 1
The Jetsons as predictors of the future; honesty that spelling and formatting matter, from a journal editor; kill your darlings, no
Video Game Narrative
One of the venues for the most words and storytelling today is video games. They’re prolific — in word count, in product
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