The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

But then I ran across a  sensitive and instructive blog post  by fiction editor Louise Harnby explaining why “front-loaded” dialogue tags are scarce in fiction and how writers can use them to best advantage. Perhaps it’s because the construction is comparatively rare that writers are flummoxed by it.

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Grammarly

JANUARY 31, 2024

We collaborate remotely most of the time, so having Grammarly has been extra helpful,” says Millie Lapidario, Senior Copy Editor. I’m skimming instead of grinding through copy like a proofreader. We can pull back and focus on the right messages, the right construction, what we can cut, and how we can polish to improve it.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 14, 2023

Then when you move into the editing phase afterwards, that's about constructing things and building these beautiful castles. So what ProWritingAid does is it helps you with that construction process. When you're constructing something, you have a bunch of tools that help you construct it. It's about flow.

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ProBlogger

MAY 26, 2011

That doesn’t mean flawless (even professional authors have copy-editors) but you should know: how to construct an engaging blog post, with a gripping introduction, clear message, and strong conclusion. There are certainly a few sites out there which will pay you for sloppy, lazy content—but the rate of pay will be abysmal.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 1, 2022

But when we can’t know or don’t care who dunnit, an active construction rarely improves things: Someone announced the award before I arrived. TIP: Don’t mistake a lifeless vibe (“the whole scene was a downer”) or a simple predicate modifier (“she was weirdly calm”) for a passive grammatical construction. and “Who hid the treasure?”

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JUNE 13, 2022

This construction is more common in speech than in writing, and less likely to be appropriate in narrative than in dialogue unless the narrative is highly voiced, as in Run, Rose, Run. At times like that, writers must trust their ear and remember that no choice will please every reader.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 24, 2024

If their motive is constructive, then I would heed those criticisms because they're not coming from a negative place, and there's probably some merit to it. If they haven't accomplished much, then their motive is probably just a Negative Nancy kind of mode of trying to tear people down who are risking entrepreneurship and living life.

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