Category: Editing Expertise
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“Can you look this over?” “Yes, certainly! What kind of edit do you want?” As editing professionals, we know the distinctions between various stages of developing and revising a product, but our clients don’t necessarily know. And we don’t need them to! We are here to make the pain points of producing text less painful.…
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The goal of clarifying text is to let the author’s argument be obvious and not have readers trip over textual issues that are easily fixed.
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My first job after college was with a company that developed training for pharmaceutical sales reps, and it taught me a lot about trademarked drug names. In the materials we created, we had to make sure the drug name was handled correctly every time it appeared—that is, with any unique registered marks and trademarks, capitalization, hyphenation, or…
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When there’s no time for a full copyedit, a triage plan helps you focus on what matters most and protect yourself professionally.
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Dear Authors. Stop. Quoting. Song lyrics. You probably don’t have permission. You definitely can’t afford it. Here’s what to do instead.
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“It depends!” I need a button I can press to say this, it is so often my answer to editing and proofreading students. Aside from a handful of inalienable grammar rules, everything else depends. What does it depend on? Why, the style being followed, naturally. And that style is up to the author and the…