Guest post by Rachel Stuckey Vizzini didn’t have much of an imagination. He couldn’t conceive of the implausible, possible, or even highly probable occurring if it fell outside the scope of his carefully crafted scheme. Inigo eventually questions the precision of Vizzini’s usage, but the proud Sicilian can’t even conceive of being wrong, and that’s…
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Shoe-swapping for writers and editorial professionals – getting the job quote right
Guest post by Louise Harnby of the Proofreader’s Parlour. Read part 1 too, lest you think the client said Shuswap (pictured here) not shoe-swap. The most productive relationships between writers and their editors / proofreaders come about when both parties explain themselves clearly from the outset. If you’re reading this because you’re the editor…
Shoe-swapping for writers and editorial professionals – getting the request to quote right
Guest post by Louise Harnby of the Proofreader’s Parlour. The most productive relationships between writers and their editors/proofreaders come about when both parties explain themselves clearly from the outset. If you’re reading this because you’re the writer, then we’re talking about the brief. If you’re reading this because you’re the editor or proofreader, we’re talking…
Writing for investors? Avoid these five phrases
guest post by Danielle Arbuckle Every industry has its own language, and finance is no exception. Some people may think we use this language to confuse readers (i.e., investors) or, worse, to hide important information with our vague, technical wording. I don’t believe that. In my 10+ years as a financial writer and editor,…
Using the PDF Markup Comments List: One User’s Experience
I am very pleased to release the first guest post on this blog, by my colleague Dawn Hunter, a freelance editor and a multi award-winning author. I [Dawn] use Acrobat’s markup tools, but I don’t use the Summarize Comments function, and neither do the formatters I work with. I have to say it is a neat function and…
