Category: Writing
09
Apr
The Truth about Peer Editing
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Peer editing is a common part of the curriculum for writing students, but does it actually teach the students anything? Studies say yes. If you’ve...
27
Mar
The Most Memorable Writing
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A study conducted about semantics and syntax teaches us how to treat important information and make it the most memorable. In technical writing it is...
05
Mar
Online Editing: The Effects of Technology on Future Editors
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“Higher education institutions need to give their students experience drafting, editing, and commenting on each other’s work online.” —Zimmerman and Yohon (2002) I am currently...
02
Mar
What Writing Police Reports Can Teach Us about Technical Editing
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Police reports can teach us a lot about the importance of understanding genre in technical editing. I’ve watched enough American cop shows to know that...
08
Jan
How to Use Episode Structures to Make Readers Think
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Help your authors’ stories become more literary and engaging by studying episode structures in literary fiction. What makes something “literary”? This is a question...
05
Dec
When to Follow Your Intuition Instead of Prescriptive Rules
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“When prescriptive grammar violates organic grammar, bad things can happen during the reading process.” —Bradford R. Connatser (2004, 265) To editors, it can sometimes seem...
17
Sep
Which Editing Mistakes Could Cost You a Job
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Are you looking for an editing job? Do you want to know which editing mistakes will automatically disqualify you from the position? Then this is...
01
Aug
Unblock Editor’s Block
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Receiving constructive criticism from others before you revise your work can help you find a better way to approach a subject. As editors, we can...
17
Jun
Verb Type and Noun Phrase Direct Object Shift: What an Editor Must Know
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Editors can learn how to place a direct object noun phrase within a sentence based on noun-phrase length and verb type. When you are editing...
08
Jun
Why You Need to Update Your Style Guide
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An updated style guide helps establish a brand and keep all writers and editors in your company consistent. If you write or edit for any...
