Online: Be Like The New Yorker
It was good to read about a publication that is working to maintain its quality journalistic and publication standards in its online version. ‘Digital Vintage’ by Nick Miller tells how The New Yorker...
View ArticleEditing The Ernest Hemingway Way
I haven’t tried writing drunk yet, but can imagine that a sobering edit might very well be required. Having been taken by his depiction in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, and having recently read A...
View ArticleWhat does a copy editor do?
I am reading the engaging memoir Stet: An Editor’s Life by Diana Athill. In it she provides a delightful (in its simplicity) description of what copy editors do. I would like to reproduce it for you...
View ArticleWhy use a professional editor and proofreader?
Professional editors and proofreaders provide an ‘independent eye’ that can spot inadvertent mistakes, as well as improve and correct text. This is because: We are not familiar with the text, and so...
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