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Why We Partnered with the Best Editors — and Then Trained Them on AI

Contently

Contently’s editor-driven, AI-assisted content Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be an either/or scenario. Our tech team partnered with our storytelling pros, who shared their insights and expertise, and created a tool that editors can use to leverage the benefits of AI without sacrificing quality.

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People Round-Up, Mid-July 2023

Publishing Trends

Artie Bennett , executive copy editor, will retire on November 10. At Penguin Children’s , Gerard Mancini , vice president, executive director managing editorial & production editorial will retire in December. Mancini joined the Viking Children’s editorial team in the fall of 1985.

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When to Delete “That”

The Subversive Copy Editor

Picture an aged, rasping storyteller surrounded by curious listeners. The storyteller begins. What if the character is a beat cop instead of a mysterious storyteller? In the sentences above, I used it four times, quoted it twice (not counting the storyteller example or when I referred to it as a word), and chose to omit it once.

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Crafting Your Novel’s Key Moments With John Matthew Fox

The Creative Penn

In the intro, writing and publishing across multiple genres [Ask ALLi ]; Pilgrimage and solo walking [Women Who Walk ]; My live webinars on using AI tools as an author ; Cowriting with ChatGPT: AI-Powered Storytelling by J. I'm talking about people writing a book in a week with the assistance of AI.

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Jack Hart Talks about Wordcraft

The Subversive Copy Editor

In part, I tackled the project to prove what I’d always suspected: that the rules of storytelling are universal, that they apply across genres, including both nonfiction  and  fiction. JH:  In fiction the rules of storytelling become even stricter. That indeed proved to be the case. CS:  Good point.

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Writing Hard Truths And Tips For Writing Non-Fiction With Efren Delgado

The Creative Penn

She has people who are professional developmental editors, copy editors, formatters, everything you could think of under the sun that could really get the book to a professional level that a traditional publisher would provide. In their company, Julie Broad is the owner, and I've become friends with her.

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