CopyEditing.com proposes that all of us who wield a red pen can find ways to get better. Money quote: “I learned more by reading over one redlined edit by a masterful copyeditor colleague than I did by all the studying and training of earlier years.”
We’ve just wrapped up a 15-month run of wall-to-wall editing here at Verb Nerd Industries. I’ve finally gotten a chance to catch my breath and start adding more content to our site, so this seems like a good time to…
Text publishing has three main varieties of editors: substantive editors, copy editors and proofreaders. Here’s how each job shakes out: Substantive editors Substantive editors have the unenviable task of reading writers’ first drafts, then parrying a series of revisions that…
Editing is flow Every word should look like it’s right where it ought to be. And every sentence, and every paragraph. Every picture should be right where the reader expects it to be. That’s the essence of flow: When words,…
We hear a lot of buzz about “content marketing,” which proposes that thoughtful, informative content on your website can be a potent tool for turning prospects into paying customers. The right content can build credibility, putting cash in your pocket…
Despite my warnings about the long and lonesome road to a life in freelance editing, you’ve gone ahead and notched your first editing client. To keep things simple, let’s imagine your former editor at the Daily Bugle has penned his…
Niccolò Machiavelli has a couple things to teach anybody looking for traction in the freelance footrace. 1) That which is easy to gain is hard to keep. 2) That which is hard to gain is easy to keep. Say what?…