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Tag: editing
Professional Standards: Style Sheets
In addition to following the preferences of a style guide such as CMOS, CP or APA (or a dozen others), it is professional practice to
Plain Language Checklist for Clear (Not Simplistic) Communication
Funny enough, plain language editing is barely about word choice, and is never about “dumbing down.”
Word Tips Now Have Their Own Blog
Word-Wrangling Wednesday tips now have their own blog.
How to Edit Topics You’re Clueless About
Click through to get a link to the updated version
How to Become More Resilient
Build up your bounce-back-ability. 5 practices that will get you there, in my How To column about resilience, over at Copyediting.com.
How to Use the Windows Version of MS Word, for Mac Users
Are you facing a Windows computer with panic? Not to fear, the quick tutorial below will set you in the right direction. Thankfully, the Word
How to Recover when Editing Goes Wrong
When an editing job explodes, how do you get yourself back on track? Beyond the self-care, today in my How To column at Copyediting.com.
Romantic Editing
“There is going to be a happy ending,” says romance editor, Jessica Swift. Learn more about working in this genre as I revisit the topic
Horrifying Edits, We Hope
Sometimes, the editing is supposed to be scary. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, I talk to genre editor Lillian Cohen-Moore about how she manages to sleep at night when