Category: Editing
29
Apr
What Kind of Books Do Children Prefer to Read?
by Abby Andrus
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Writers, editors, and publishers can better cater to young readers if they understand what children like to read. Being so far removed from childhood, adults...
24
Apr
How to Write Teen Characters Without Sounding, Like, Too Old
by Aaron Green
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By integrating new styles of speech into dialogue, authors can give their characters distinctive, believable voices. Whether it’s the creation of new words, pronunciations, spellings,...
17
Apr
Writing and Editing Creative Nonfiction: Start Here
by Emma Rostrom
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As a writer or editor, you can improve your ability to work with creative nonfiction by learning about stylistic tendencies within the genre. The genre...
15
Apr
Reinforcing the User Experience: Editors’ Involvement with UX Writing
by Madison Merkley
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Editors need to understand the user experience in order to guide writers through the essential UX writing processes. Tailoring content to the user experience (UX)...
10
Apr
Are Universities Really Preparing Editors for the Real World?
by Karlie Kelsch
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The learning outcomes of university-level editing courses don’t match the skills required for technical editing jobs. How can editing programs improve? College education keeps getting...
08
Apr
Can ChatGPT Fact-Check Your Writing?
by Katie Greene
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By understanding the limitations of using large language models for fact-checking, writers and editors can learn to use these tools productively. As large language models...
01
Apr
Technical Writing Skills You Need in the Workplace
by Sarah Griffin Anderson
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Technical writers must keep up with ever-evolving technology, and this research shows you the skills you’ll need to keep pace. As an editor and writer...
23
Jun
Editing Within Limits: Navigating Trademark Concerns While Editing
by Hannah Hubbard
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Laws and codes may create concerns when editors edit text with trademarked products or services. What can editors do to mitigate these concerns? The editing...
20
Jun
Think You Have the Same Expectations as Your Editor? Think Again!
by Michael Pulsipher
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Worldwide connections cause postgraduates and editors to work together from different countries. Therefore, expectations need to be clarified from the very beginning. Haidee Kruger and...
20
Jun
This Philosopher’s Use of the Em Dash Challenges Punctuation As We Know It
by Hannah Ackerman
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The work of one world-renowned German philosopher from the 1800s uses em dashes in unusual and innovative ways, challenging the rules of punctuation over a...
