Beyond Spell Check: Trade secrets from professional copyeditors you can use to clean up and polish your writing. - Couverture souple

Clayton, Mr Terry Erle Erle; Clayton, Terry Erle

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ISBN 10 : 1081793325 ISBN 13 : 9781081793326

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Most professionals who write would rather drill their own teeth than edit their own writing, which gives rise to the myth, "you can't edit your own writing". This is a dangerous misconception. In the professions, people assume if you write well you must be a good thinker and therefore your ideas are worth considering. Even minor errors detract from that impression and some errors can be embarrassing, expensive, or both. Most people will do a spell check and "read it over one more time" thinking that's the most they can do and hope for the best.What most people don't know is that today there are powerful software programs that take the drudgery out of copyediting and proofreading. Many of these programs are free or affordable. In Beyond Spell Check, author, psychologist and freelance writer/editor Terry Erle Clayton introduces those programs plus how you develop an ‘editing mindset’, the multiple passes approach, and a dozen other tools and techniques used by professional copyeditors. If you work with an in-house editor or can afford to hire one, the final chapter offers guidelines on how to hire and work with a professional editor and what to pay.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1081793325
• ISBN 13: 9781081793326
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 113
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible