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Unlock Clarity by Picking the Perfect Structure for Your Prose
Whether you have a manuscript in hand or are trying to get started on one, picking an organizational principle can
Setting Boundaries for Editing Disturbing Content: Negotiating Terms & Self-Care
What subjects WON’T you edit? How do you know a job might contain that? Can you turn down work? This, plus strategies for coping when you can’t say no, or it gets to be too much.
How to Edit Topics You’re Clueless About
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How to Wrestle Out of a Deadline Death Pile
Are you forever the rescue editor? How did you work your way to more reasonable deadlines? I’ve been working to get
Weird Your Way to Success
Lessons from the Design Thinkers conference in Toronto, Canada: “confessions” was the official theme, but the theme that emerged for me
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
How to Hand Out Business Cards
Today in my How To column at Copyediting.com. My business cards are the ones on top in the photo. The
How to Use Rush Fees
When, how, and why to set rush fees: because you are the lifesaver. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Spoiler:
How to Survive a Heavy Editing Job
Those editing jobs that make doing your taxes look good? I have a host of tips for eating that frog,