Tag: Developmental Editing
05
Mar
Online Editing: The Effects of Technology on Future Editors
by Staff
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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
by Staff
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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...
17
Jun
Unmasking the Nature of Technical Editing
by Staff
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If you feel you don’t have the necessary skills for technical editing—if the mere idea of it bores you or intimidates you—know that there is...
16
Jun
Collaborating with Authors as Technical Editors
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“The more collaborative and complex the project (such as a proposal, a brochure, or an annual report), the earlier the editor should participate.” —Carol Gerich...
13
Jun
Being an Unconventional Editor, and Why That’s Okay
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The editor described in academic literature and the real-life editor are two different people. If you choose to deviate from the prescribed formula, your editing...
