#ACESChat

Join us for the #ACESchat on Twitter!

Wanna chat about editing? ACES brings the editing community together each month on Twitter to chat about editing, exchange tips, and share a little editorial fellowship.

When are the chats?

4 p.m. Eastern on the first and third Wednesday of each month.

Upcoming Chats:

Feb. 5

Guest: Elisa Doucette

Topic: When an Editor and Content Manager are the Same Gig

Description: Managing content is often about hitting deadlines and holding the creative team to a process. Editing content is often about working diligently with writers to produce a brilliant piece of content that shares their thoughts and information in the best way possible. It seems like these two positions should be at odds with each other, but many find themselves in a role where they have to perform both — which is when you’ll learn they are more similar than you might think!

Before the Chat

About 5-10 minutes before the scheduled starting time, set up an #ACESchat search in your Twitter feed (whether using the web, Tweetdeck, HootSuite or some other app). Just type #ACESchat into the search field; and remember, it’s not case sensitive.

It’s best to let your other followers know that you’ll be participating in a chat for the next hour and that you might be bombarding them with a lot of tweets on our topic. If they aren’t interested in editing, they can tune you out for the next hour.

You can submit questions in advance to the chat moderator by sending a direct message to @copyeditors.

During the Chat

Introduce yourself to the group and tell how you’re involved in the field of editing.

Feel free to ask the guests questions that are on topic (without going through the moderator) and to comment on anything. Lurking is fine, too.

If responding to a specific question, indicate which one it was by using the question label (Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.).

During the chat, DM @copyeditors or send questions you’d like the moderator to pose to @copyeditors without the #ACESchat hashtag.

The only other rules — be a considerate tweeter (debate is welcome, but play nice) and stay on the topic of editing.

This is a great opportunity to network with editors from all over and to gain new Twitter followers. So speak up.

Chat Archives

We archive each chat using Wakelet, with a tweet sent through @copyeditors and a link posted here. (Archives recently transitioned from Storify to Wakelet and we're updating links. If you find a link error, let us know. You can find the archive at https://wakelet.com/@aceschat1.)

#ACESchat: The Unusual (and surprisingly usual) Aspects of Genre Copyediting, Jan. 15, 2020

#ACESchat: Financial Strategies for Freelancers, Dec. 18, 2019

#ACESchat: Editing Translated Content and Why It's Good For You, Dec. 4, 2019

#ACESchat: Integrating New Editing Styles, Nov. 21, 2019

#ACESchat: How Editors Can Use Instagram to Market Themselves, Nov. 6, 2019

#ACESchat: Editing Fiction, Oct. 16, 2019

#ACESchat: How to Navigate Student Newsrooms, Oct. 2, 2019

#ACESchat: Top Things Fiction Editors Should Know, Sept. 18, 2019

#ACESchat: ACES 2020 Salt Lake City Conference Session Proposal Q&A, Sept. 4, 2019

#ACESchat: Developmental Editing of Memoirs, July 17, 2019

#ACESchat: How to Market Your Editing Business, July 3, 2019

#ACESchat: Thinking of Usage Like a Linguist , June 19, 2019