Tag: Technical
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,...
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...
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...
19
Jun
ChatGPT, Editing, and You
by Parker Cook
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As ChatGPT becomes more prevalent and developed, editors may be able to utilize it to make their lives easier. ChatGPT is a hot topic these...
18
Jun
Word Salad: When Machines Mess with Meaning
by MJ Christensen
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Technology is becoming more involved in the writing and editing processes. Are we prepared to stop it when it oversteps its boundaries? Computer-originating translation errors...
17
Jun
The Linguistics of Punctuation—An Editor’s Guide
by Josh Stevenson
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Editing punctuation can be hard. One corpus-based approach to more effective editing involves tailoring your edits to the genre in which you’re working. As editors,...
28
Nov
Content Editors and Workshopping Technical Writing
by Cecilia Oaks
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Content edits aren’t meant to just cover the basics. When people think of content editors in technical writing, they might assume that editors will go...
09
Nov
Politeness as Motivation: How to Edit on Social Media
by Alohilani Jacob
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By using the right politeness strategy, social media editors can successfully motivate writers to accept changes to their content. Social media is a large, new,...
11
Apr
How We Give Feedback Matters
by Xochitl Bott
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There are four stances to take when giving feedback to an author. Are editors choosing the right one? Have you ever received harsh feedback on...
