Amy Einsohn, author of The Copyeditor’s Handbook, shares these four chief concerns that a copyeditor should focus on: Clarity Coherency Consistency Correctness Einsohn then points out that these four focuses should all serve “the ‘Cardinal C’: communication.” And that’s really all a copyeditor will focus on, nothing more, but also nothing less. So what doContinue reading “The Four Cs of Copyediting”
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Why Hire a Copyeditor?
With PerfectIt, Grammarly, and the squiggly red, green, or blue lines under your words, your writing is good enough for publication, right? Maybe. But most likely, no. Writing is not a one-person job We have this idea of writers holed up in their office or a cabin in the woods until their masterpiece is written.Continue reading “Why Hire a Copyeditor?”
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