The professional writers and
editors at Grammar Chic understand that no one knows your business better than you.
Not exact matches
At this time, I was working as an
editor, where I sought out spelling,
grammar, and punctuation mistakes in newsletters, theological journals, books, commentaries, and websites.
She also works as an
editor at MockMom (the satirical division of Sammiches & Psych Meds), which is a perfect fit for her since she loves satire and is always silently correcting everyone's
grammar anyway.
The board of
editors at Scientific American is not simply made up of wordsmiths who assist contributors with
grammar and spelling — as vital as those tasks are to a polished publication.
Between You & Me By Mary Norris Norton • $ 15.95 • ISBN 9780393352146 A copy
editor at The New Yorker who has spent 30 years scrutinizing commas, distinguishing «that» from «which» and correcting the dreaded dangling participle, Norris turns what could have been a tedious
grammar manual into a witty and entertaining look
at the rewards of expressing ourselves precisely.
You must get an independent
editor who
at least knows something about proofreading,
grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Writing means that words are your trade, so study, and if you have great ideas but aren't so good
at grammar etc, invest in a great
editor.
Be that as it may (and don't start me down the Snooki path), presumably the literary agents were gatekeepers of quality, who then passed their clients» wares to publishers, who further thinned the herd, resulting in a clumsy industry algorithm that spat out books
at the opposite end of the sausage machine — and the presumption was those books were competently written, would be of interest to someone, and were executed in a superior fashion; professional cover designers drew up art, professional
editors checked
grammar and punctuation and spelling, etc..
The
editor isn't just looking
at the
grammar of the text you have written, but the language you are using to communicate your story to the reader.
The Inner
Editor serves you well when you want to check your
grammar or punctuation or find typos in your ebook manuscript; this is most necessary
at the end of the ebook - writing process.
If you're getting reviews that say your book has
grammar errors or typos, then you certainly need a copy
editor to go through it (even if you already had one look
at it).
When you order editing service
at Essay-Academy.com, you get your piece of writing reviewed by an experienced
editor, who corrects not only all
grammar mistakes but also shares comments for further improvements.
So I can discard the pompous and self - important (Franzen's Freedom comes to mind immediately) and the pedestrian (Nicholas Sparks) without spending any money.What I will say about most traditionally published books is that the author or
editor at least ran the manuscript through a rudimentary spell /
grammar checker before publishing it.
What You See Is Where You're
At (2001, short), The Way Out (2003, short), Pilgrimage from Scattered Points (2006, short), Bogman Palmjaguar (2007, short), Paddington Collaboration (2007, short), Achterhaven Splinters (2008, short), An Abbeyview Film (2008, short), Another Day of Gravity (2008, short), George (2008, short), A
Grammar for Listening (parts 1 - 3)(2009, short), Anna (2009, short), David (2009, short), Helen (2009, short), Lester (2009, short), All Divided Selves (2012, doc), The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluted Followers of Joanna Southcott (2012), Depositions (2014, short), To the
Editor of Amateur Photographer (2014, co-dir, doc)
Copy
editors at daily papers review a story for style,
grammar, libel and logic.
We go over every single page and look
at pacing and all kind,
grammar and all kinds of things, and then after that they have a copy
editor come through and he or she will put five or six, seven, eight stickies on every page of an 800 page manuscript and I have got to address every single one of those questions and concerns.
Excellent
editor skilled
at rewriting for clarity,
grammar, and adherence to AP style.