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Articles filed under Editing Skills

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April 30, 2020 Conferences

Going for the grant: Strategies and tips for editing grant proposals

​Clear, compelling, and well-edited grant proposals are increasingly important today as organizations and companies compete for limited funds.


April 30, 2020 Conferences

Editing with OCD, or anxiety in general

As editors, we’re no strangers to stress, but our stress doesn’t have to own us.


April 29, 2020 Conferences

Developing a quality editorial process end-to-end

In your hands you hold sparkling copy: a good idea fleshed out in compelling prose, with no design flaws or typos. Everything worked out this time around.


April 29, 2020 Conferences

Fact-checking tips for all types of editing

Any person doing editing, of any type, might be called on to do fact-checking work.


April 28, 2020 Conferences

Words that glitter and splash

We’re all familiar with onomatopoeia: bang, woof, moo. But we may not spend much time thinking about how it’s generally regularized and standardized.


April 28, 2020 Conferences

Editing with head and heart: Balancing SEO and conscious language

Continual changes in expert knowledge, consumer trends, and technical know-how mean that the publishing industry always faces a wealth of new challenges.


April 21, 2020 Resources

Working as a copyeditor: How to look up language questions

If you don’t know, look it up. If you’re not sure you know, look it up. If you think you know … look it up.


March 31, 2020 Resources

Lessons from the plagiarism police: Keeping writers out of trouble

One way editors can serve writers is by helping them avoid inadvertent plagiarism. The best way to do this? Attribution.


March 26, 2020 Resources

Does this headline make you want to read this story?

How to write headlines that work on any platform.


March 24, 2020 Resources

Fact checking information found online

For an editor doing fact checking, research isn’t what it used to be.