ARE YOU READY TO WRITE? WHY PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL. How careful planning before you write makes the editing process a much less prolonged (and expensive) experience! “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Variations of this quote have been attributed to Benjamin Franklin and Winston Churchill, among...
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DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT ‘PROOFREADING’ IS?
DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT ‘PROOFREADING’ IS? “Proofreading is the last stage of the editing process; writing must be PROFESSIONALLY EDITED before it can be proofread.” Imagine your car needs a service. You call a (reputable) mechanic. “How much for a service?” “What year and model?” the mechanic asks. Based...
THE PRIVILEGE OF EDITING—WHY EDITORS LOVE THEIR WORK (MOST OF THE TIME)!
THE PRIVILEGE OF EDITING—WHY EDITORS LOVE THEIR WORK (MOST OF THE TIME)! Around the world, highly skilled and thoroughly trained people in a myriad of professions are entrusted with the safety and wellbeing of our loved ones, our health, our wealth, or even our lives. We entrust our children to...
GLUE WHINE. OVERUSE OF GLUE WORDS IS A STICKING POINT.
GLUE WHINE. OVERUSE OF GLUE WORDS IS A STICKING POINT. I’m told I wasn’t a whiny kid, and I’m certainly not a grumpy old woman (perhaps a little, early morning), yet one thing does make me whine … overuse of glue words. In a household with three kids, stuff breaks....