Formulated Editorial

A copyeditor's occasional thoughts.

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This was a cool read: https://t.co/8ablcd9v9j

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Following closely on the heels of my website's launch, allow me to shill my first blog post.

It's a simple one in which I summarise the types of editing:
https://t.co/391hmRq7zH

It will clear up any confusion for my clients ... and perhaps for me too!

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Thanks to Rodrigo Copetti/flipacholas for finalising my latest edits for him! Here's what editing ~11,000 words of Markdown on Git looks like:

https://t.co/c0nN65zPZ0

Next time I'll use some automation. What's the best Markdown plugin for Word? (I've only seen one so far.)

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I've put this tweet off long enough! My website is live: https://t.co/FgZaDnKOXi

Blog posts about the development of the site and marketing coming soon ... ish.

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I forgot to tweet this! Website coming soon.

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New logo. It's based on the spine of an open book, and the initials 'FE'.

If you can't see it due to the colour choices – or if it looks a inappropriate Hanzi or kanji – please let me know via DM.

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https://t.co/p6GPt0U3Vq

Organising all the bookmarks I've hoarded reminds me of some cool stuff. This link shows new free eBooks every couple of days or so.

(May only work in the UK)

1/2

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Hope not.

"Is Line Editing a Lost Art?" https://t.co/CPs3Kec35x via @lithub

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Brief and probably common mnemonic for em and en dash/rule on Windows:

Em dash ("—", alt + 0151) is larger than en dash ("–", alt + 0150)

(You can also use text replacement programs and, sometimes, program-specific shortcuts.)

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Here are 5 mistakes to avoid when marketing your editing and proofreading business. https://t.co/emuIyev7Zq

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@AlSweigart I feel like I'm queuing up for a beatdown here, but yes, hello!

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This is a tour de force:

How to use dashes in fiction: UK and US style https://t.co/CPaQey0DZW via @LouiseHarnby

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Dispreferred is a linguistics term that apparently no-one else uses. I can’t bring myself to drop it because it expresses something unique, as discussed here:

https://t.co/8tIMiX8sQ1

Despite my love for it this word isn’t on my list of potential corrections!

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https://t.co/6ESOLxhZ6n

A test/practice for design errors. I’m going to get my score up!

Some pair choices struck me as ambiguous but the test shows what is preferred and what is dispreferred.

Upcoming: discussion of ‘dispreferred’.

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https://t.co/IBHDN7iBsY

This is a good free textbook, I don’t know if I’ll read the whole thing but it’s definitely worth skimming

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https://t.co/MFSfvuRY6V

A free pdf of Adler’s “How to Read a Book”. I recommend applying what he calls Inspectional Reading (p.31) to his own work here ... it’s unnecessarily verbose and repetitive, although I could be persuaded that it was terse for its time!

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https://t.co/uuSyNGlRG0

“The New Reading Stack” by @tmcw and its HN thread - both interesting!

(“Stack” is techie speak for combination of tools, if you didn’t know.)

No mention of Calibre e-reader? It’s an older and controversial project, or so I read, so maybe that’s why...

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I love this article about how Jonathon Herbert, Sam Hession, Thalia Silver and Justin Rowles at the Guardian managed to spin up a new product to assist their editorial team.

https://t.co/z8mcg8IwE7

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An amazing video on time management by the late Randy Pausch. More informative to an editor than you might expect from a computer scientist's lecture:

https://t.co/UKvvpN4EAY

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I stumbled upon this - an upload of "Scientific Advertising" by Claude C. Hopkins, written in 1923.

Fantastic writing! The timeless lessons are sadly marred by distracting errors. I would love to make this work shine like it should.

https://t.co/yrlPcNx1Ax