Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. ”. Grammarly offers a succinct explanation of how a copy editor approaches content: The tasks include checking written material for grammar, spelling, style and punctuation issues before it’s prepared for proofreading. What’s the difference? Do the math. Do all the links work?

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As a freelance writer, I’m always looking for ways to increase my income. In this post, I’ll give you all the answers you need to become a professional proofreader, whether you want to work online, remotely, be an employee, or freelancer — it’s your choice. Upwork Upwork is one of the largest online job marketplaces.

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Constant Content

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This month’s writer success story profiles Erin MacDonald, one of our go-to writers for all things retail—and beyond. Writer Erin MacDonald with Constant Content General Manager Rasanga Weerasinghe, when he visited the UK in 2022. When I need to take time off, I have the flexibility to do that since I’m a freelance writer.

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Arrant Pedantry

OCTOBER 24, 2019

If it were relevant, why wouldn’t the writer have made it more explicit, as in “Ryan founded the company with his only brother, Scott”? The ensuing discussion prompted a friend and fellow editor, Iva Cheung , to make the following cartoon , which she dedicated to me: (Follow the link to see the mouseover text and bonus.).

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

Do you get a buzz from fine-tuning bloated paragraphs so they hammer home the writer’s message? This post will walk you through what it entails, how much you can earn, and where to find work, even if you have minimal editing experience. So, if you’re already a professional freelance writer , you have an unfair advantage.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

In this post we’ve listed the top 10 remote freelance jobs, what you can expect to earn, and where you can find each type of work. Hence, the high-demand for great content writers. How Much Can I Make Freelancing as a Content Writer? According to Indeed, freelance writer salaries range from $28,486 to $74,297.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Whether you’re a seasoned freelance writer or a new writer with no experience, freelance writing jobs that pay are still plentiful in 2022, 2023, and beyond — if: You know where to look… You know how to promote yourself… And you know how to differentiate yourself from your fellow writers. That’s where we come in.

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ProBlogger

MAY 26, 2011

This guest post is by Ali Hale of DailyWritingTips.com. Instead, I’m going to suggest something which you might never have considered before: becoming a freelance writer as well as being a blogger. how to format your posts for easy readability, using subheadings, short paragraphs, bold text, and bullet pointed lists.

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Top Content Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you’re a writer, you must edit and revise your work at some point in the creation process. First drafts are rarely perfect, even when written by experienced professional writers. No matter how great of a writer you are, typos will slip in and mistakes will be made. It just comes with the territory.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 18, 2022

Almost every writer I know has a love-hate relationship with their writing program, whether it’s Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, or a yellow legal pad. Many writers pay thousands of dollars for freelance editorial help before they publish. Scrivener is great for drafting but has limited formatting capabilities. Voice Narration.

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Grammar Underground

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

What the writer should have written — or, more precisely, what the copy editor should have caught — was that wretched should have been retched. The disheartening thing about this error is that it appeared almost 300 pages into an otherwise very well copy edited book. It means only 1. to vomit, 2.

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you’ve dreamed of a fashion writing job where you can immerse yourself in the latest trends, designers, and shows, this post is for you. Being a freelance writer for the fashion industry is an exciting idea. There are many ways you can work as a fashion writer. What’s more, the field offers a wide variety of work.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 14, 2023

ProWritingAid can help you self-edit your work before you take it on to a human editor, so they can focus on the bigger issues. In this episode, Chris Banks, the CEO of ProWritingAid talks about how developments in AI have added functionality to the software to help writers even more. Or you can just go to ProWritingAid.com.

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Grammar Underground

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By traditional copy editor standards, they should be “chaise longue” and “champing at the bit.” Yet for decades, careless American writers have glossed over that last word and assumed it was the English word “lounge.” The post 'Chaise lounge' and 'chomping at the bit'?

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Publishing Trends

AUGUST 1, 2023

Artie Bennett , executive copy editor, will retire on November 10. Allison Moore has started as an acquisition editor at 8th Note Press , launched recently by ByteDance (owner of TikTok). She seeks writers with a strong presence or potential in the social media space.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2011

This guest post is by Leigh Stevens of whereapy. I was inspired to write this post after reading a piece by the Blog Tyrant a few weeks ago. It’s a good post. I hire a copy editor to clean up my posts, and while the ideas, connections, turns of phrase, overall structure and layout are mine, it still feels inauthentic.

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Grammar Underground

AUGUST 14, 2023

Copy editors notice a lot of little stuff that other people might not. The post What to capitalize in a headline first appeared on Grammar Underground with June Casagrande. One of the most common examples has to do with headline capitalization. Is is a verb and it is a pronoun.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

These 4 Steps Reveal if It Will Sell Author: Dave Chesson Source: Make a Living Writing This post is all about creating a book that people already want. Look for existing conversations around your topics: in blog posts and comments, in a Facebook writing group, in news coverage, and more. Got a Book Idea? Do a little bit each week. #3.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This is a guest post by Stefanie Flaxman of Revision Fairy® Small Business Proofreading Services. Unfortunately for you and your readers, writing mistakes are like speed bumps on the blog post open highway. Your posts look like Wikipedia articles. Your posts don’t include images. Each post does not have a byline.

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Smart Blogger

MAY 4, 2023

Our flour company Millmeier, for instance, could post one new article weekly on anything related to working with organic grains and flours. The post B2B Marketing: A Basic Guide (& Strategies) for Small Businesses appeared first on Smart Blogger. Time to Jump into B2B Marketing! Ready to give it a try?

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Contently

JUNE 12, 2024

You have an internal marketing team, and you manage a team of freelancers—writers, designers, editors, etc. Ensure all marketing activities (blog posts, social media posts, email blasts, etc.) The post What are Content Marketing Platforms and Why You Need One appeared first on Contently.

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Grammar Underground

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Pretty much every writer I’ve ever edited has one habit in common: Every time they mention an organization, be it a company, a nonprofit, or a government department, they immediately insert its initials in parentheses. I understand why writers do this: We’ve all seen it done a thousand times. It seems standard.

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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. That’s not editing, however. Not really.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

In the writers’ groups where I hang out online, these queries are evergreen: How do I know if I need a copyeditor  before  I submit my work to an agent or editor? The replies and comments are typically so head-spinning in their range and variety that no one could blame writers for being confused.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, a question that went something like this appeared in a Facebook group for writers seeking help from book editors: Help with this sentence please! A friend said it should be “whoever” and my editor said “whomever.” For writers striving to improve. Some advice, for whoever/whomever is interested.” How do you vote?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While drafting this post I checked the chapters of fourteen  New York Times  best sellers in fiction for that week  and found this breakdown: 4 novels used chapter (or part) numbers but no titles. To me it suggests that each writer, perhaps in consultation with an agent or editor, decided the best approach for their book.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A piece of bossy advice often given to creative writers is to sweep through your manuscripts before you submit them and delete certain words. Creative writers especially must ask, Is this character or narration meant to be vigorous? The writer chooses. What’s wrong with “that”? Nothing is wrong with the word “that.” Conclusion.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Fiction or nonfiction, a writer must be scrupulous in quoting words precisely and crediting their source. Most publishing contracts hold the author liable for misrepresentations and plagiarism, but even without that legal pressure, a writer, of all people, should naturally respect the intellectual property of others. Giving Sources.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 8, 2024

I'm a developmental editor, working with writers in my private business. I'm also on the faculty of Manuscript Academy , working with writers there. How do people know that they have these problems without working with an editor first? Obviously, as an editor, you're acting as a reader as well.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Designers and production editors use a manuscript’s word count to estimate how many pages the published book will be, taking into account how they want it to look: how large the pages will be, how much white space is wanted, whether illustrations will add to the page count, etc. What Agents and Editors Want. I have no idea.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 1, 2022

Creative writers sometimes mangle grammar on purpose or get creative with punctuation. Last month I saw a Facebook post where all seventy-nine (79!) commenters told a writer that “breathe deep” was incorrect, as opposed to “breathe deeply.” Yet some successful writers use them with abandon. In short, no one got it right.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

OCTOBER 22, 2022

You can see that even without a defined grammatical function, interjections are as useful as any other part of speech and especially useful to creative writers. Chicago style will serve a writer well. This post originally appeared at The Chicago Manual of Style Online Shop Talk blog on July 19, 2022, © University of Chicago.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 12, 2021

Agents and editors almost always require submitted pages to be in a standard format free of images and color and anything flashy. Many agents and editors post the format they prefer (or demand) on a “Submissions” page at their website. TIP: Contests have strict submission rules that might clash with the standard format.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Perhaps you could make yourself clearer via podcast rather than plain posts. Types of Content formats that Work Best for lead generation: Blog posts and articles. Kenneth Waldman is a freelance writer and copy editor. Enewsletters and online magazines. Community forum. You can get in touch with him on Linkedin.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Georgina: Like a lot of authors that you've interviewed, I always wanted to be a writer as a child, and I was that kid with the desk in her bedroom, who would sit there and write books, even if it was just on notebook paper. The post Different Traditional Publishing Experiences With Georgina Cross first appeared on The Creative Penn.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

MARCH 11, 2022

One of my favorite MS Word tricks allows a novelist (or any book writer) to view and organize their chapters in the Navigation pane (an option under the View tab). This post originally appeared at  The Chicago Manual of Style Online Shop Talk blog on December 23, 2021, © University of Chicago.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

  The Editing Podcast has lots of other great posts for writers and editors.   Listen here ( Blogging Tips for Editors and Authors ) or through your favorite podcast app. Correction:  My original post mistakenly referred to transcripts of each podcast. .   In part 1 (26:23 min) we discuss.

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