Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

As a freelance editor, you’ll improve content for readability or visual appeal. What Editing is Not Proofreading and editing are two different roles. Editors look at the big picture, while proofreaders are razor-sharp grammar checkers. Let’s dive in. What Do Freelance Editing Jobs Involve?

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Grammarly

JANUARY 31, 2024

As talented as the lean team was, it was not easy for them to manually edit every instance of marketing copy, every corporate communication, and every customer-facing message. Learn how Grammarly can help drive consistent, effective communication across your organization. It was essential to prevent communication errors from becoming public.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This is a guest post by Stefanie Flaxman of Revision Fairy® Small Business Proofreading Services. There’s no prize for proofreading fast. If you use the word “copy-editor,” don’t write it elsewhere in your post as “copy editor” or “copyeditor.”. Writing mistakes happen. Think 360 degrees of SEO.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The book of Galatians in the Bible tells us we reap what we sow. Stephen King put it this way: “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”. The common theme? Success tends to find those who are prepared for it. Supercharge Your Writing Skills. The good news?

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I’ve come across so many people who were really disappointed with the editor they hired to help them with their books or blog posts and in almost every case, once I’ve done some digging, I’ve discovered it was because their expectations of their editor were completely unrealistic. Stage 2: Structural editing.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

How do I know if I need a copyeditor  before  I submit my work to an agent or editor? Click on Editor. Don’t faint if you see that Editor is giving you a failing grade and has 4,789 suggestions.** Each suggestion in the Editor pane goes with an underlined word or phrase in the text of your manuscript.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Your courses are great.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The question we are all asking ourselves is how can we provide quality content in a quality way online? How can we create that content? What tools are there to help? The process of building a marketing strategy can be complex, and involving various analytics. They are begging for some quality content, so why not give it to them? Research Your Idea.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

To me it suggests that each writer, perhaps in consultation with an agent or editor, decided the best approach for their book. Agents and editors can also be helpful in nudging writers one way or another toward choices that meet reader expectations. Is the same thing true when deciding whether chapters should be numbered or titled?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 18, 2022

MS Word is the publishing workhorse, more or less required for submitting to agents and editors and publishers, but it’s pricey and not always friendly. MS Word is the publishing workhorse, more or less required for submitting to agents and editors and publishers, but it’s pricey and not always friendly. Different First Page.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

The following resources will help you come up with ideas and road-test them so you’re sure the book you’ll be spending months of your life on will be one that people actually want to read: #1. Got a Book Idea? It’s a guide to doing market research on Amazon, with lots of handy links to free and paid tools you can use.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. It was a masterpiece.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

And I was reading through these, and at the time I was a nonfiction proofreader and copy editor, sorting out other people's work, and I was reading these stories just going like these are—like I didn't understand the medium of short stories very well, and obviously, if you're going to start anywhere, start with Stephen King.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 6, 2011

copywriter: I wrote most of the copy. editor/proofreader: we had the copy revised by a few editors. PowerPoint creator: one of those editors also set the entire project out in PowerPoint. I don’t think that up to now in my blogging career, I’ve been this proud. It’s not so hard after all!

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MAY 10, 2022

Their job is to draft and craft their work, trusting their copyeditors and proofreaders to monitor and apply the consistency readers appreciate (whether they realize it or not). At the beginning of a sentence, it’s routine to start the next word with a capital letter. The Chicago Way. Here’s the scheme: W e meet at Josephina’s. Find the cash.

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