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Edit Faster! Triage for the Eight-minute Editor

Edit Faster! Triage for the Eight-minute Editor

Sometimes there just isn’t time (or budget, or even commitment) to fix everything. Here are the edits (in order) that will help them avoid embarrassment and move the piece in the direction of perfection even if it can’t go all the way.

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The Art of the Author Memo

The Art of the Author Memo

Summarize next steps for the manuscript and get the writer to do their part, with an author memo.

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10 Ways to Word a Sensitive Query

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

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Verify to Hone Your Editorial Sixth Sense

Verify to Hone Your Editorial Sixth Sense

Every time you check content, you develop your editorial sixth sense. In my How To column at Copyediting.com today, I give four ways to verify information in

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Copyeditors’ Sixth Sense — Build it Now

Copyeditors’ Sixth Sense — Build it Now

Get a life. Your ‘editorial sense’ depends on it. Those “editorial senses” can lead to unbelievable “saves,” but can you hone them or are you

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Language-change index, why $10/hr is not enough, training on-demand, and finding time to write — links this week

Language-change index, why $10/hr is not enough, training on-demand, and finding time to write — links this week

Some weeks the great stuff floods in. This was one of those weeks. And my podcast is super late! Language-Change Index Garner, of the Modern

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