Proofread Like a Pro
Author : Lana Christian
Publisher : Briefings Media Group
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Proofreading
ISBN : 0872285634
Author : Lana Christian
Publisher : Briefings Media Group
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Proofreading
ISBN : 0872285634
Author : Brady Smith
Publisher :
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Editing
ISBN :
"In this eBook, you'll learn the principles of grammar and how to manipulate your words until they're just right. Strengthen your revising and editing skills and become a clear and consistent writer." --
Author : Ashan R. Hampton
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 27,80 MB
Release : 2018-07-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 1387954725
Can you catch mistakes in your own writing? Can you identify and correct common writing errors? Would you like to become an effective proofreader for personal growth or profit? Before you write a book, launch a business or start a side-hustle, you must learn to produce error-free writing. "Proofreading Power: Skills & Drills" provides essential rules, guidelines and tips to quickly boost your editing prowess. Train your eye to catch mistakes in the smallest of details with practical exercises on grammar, mechanics, usage, punctuation and spelling. Try your hand at correcting everyday writing samples, such as essay responses, job descriptions, business letters, and blog articles.
Author : Erika Buky
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0520294351
The Copyeditor’s Workbook—a companion to the indispensable Copyeditor’s Handbook, now in its fourth edition—offers comprehensive and practical training for both aspiring and experienced copyeditors. Exercises of increasing difficulty and length, covering a range of subjects, enable you to advance in skill and confidence. Detailed answer keys offer a grounding in editorial basics, appropriate usage choices for different contexts and audiences, and advice on communicating effectively with authors and clients. The exercises provide an extensive workout in the knowledge and skills required of contemporary editors. Features and benefits Workbook challenges editors to build their skills and to use new tools. Exercises vary and increase in difficulty and length, allowing users to advance along the way. Answer keys illustrate several techniques for marking copy, including marking PDFs and hand marking hard copy. Book includes access to online exercises available for download.
Author : Amy Einsohn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2005-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520932562
The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. Addressed to copyeditors in book publishing and corporate communications, this thoughtful handbook explains what copyeditors do, what they look for when they edit a manuscript, and how they develop the editorial judgment needed to make sound decisions. This revised edition reflects the most recent editions of The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.), the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.), and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.).
Author : Louise Harnby
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 2021-03-12
Category :
ISBN :
This fiction-editing guide shows authors and editors how to recognize shown and told prose, and avoid unnecessary exposition. Louise Harnby, a fiction editor, writer and course developer, teaches you how to identify stylistic problems and craft solutions that weave showing and telling together, and understand why there's no place for 'don't tell' in strong writing. Topics include: Shown and told prose in different scenarios; the relevance of viewpoint; when exposition serves story and deepens character; and tools that help writers add texture.
Author : William Critchley
Publisher : William Robert Critchley
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0955143721
This is a guide to freelance proofreading and copy-editing, with examples of proof correction marks and exercises with corrections supplied.
Author : Dean Evans
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781490440590
Don't Trust Your Spell Check tackles proofreading and copy editing from a different perspective. It shows you why we make mistakes, what mistakes we regularly make, and how to spot mistakes before you print or publish content. It also includes over 25 proofreading tests, designed to develop and improve proofreading skills. Poor attention to detail can be disastrous. Wince at the US high school, which had a sign inviting parents to a 'laeping to literacy night'; pity the department store that proudly advertised its grand opening in 'Febuary 2010'. A spell check would have caught these particular errors. But it won't catch every goof and gaffe. It wouldn't have objected to the way a Baltimore news channel once subtitled Prince Harry as the 'Prince of Whales'. Neither would it spot the four errors in the sentence 'Simone painted his finger the boy and smiled wicked smile'. In Don't Trust Your Spell Check, veteran writer/editor Dean Evans explains: The difference between proofreading and copy editing What happens if you don't proofread Why we can't stop making stupid mistakes What stupid mistakes we can't stop making Why we don't spot these stupid mistakes How to improve your copy editing to eradicate errors How to improve your proofreading to destroy all typos How a style guide can be a proofreader's cheat sheet How to improve your concentration Why computers can't proofread Since 1992, Dean Evans has written hundreds of thousands of words from technology news and movie reviews to celebrity interviews and books (like this one). Dean is the founder of The Good Content Company (UK) Ltd, which provides copywriting/freelance writing services and time-saving content creation tools. He is also the author of 'The Good Content Code' and 'Write Great Headlines Every Time'. Learn how to double check your content today.
Author : Joseph Barbato
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 2000-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0684857405
Provides tips for the novice on writing effective, persuasive grant proposals for non-profit organizations, and discusses researching donors, communicating the organization's needs, and editing drafts.
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Publisher : Proofreading Course
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
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