The Bulwark
The World Through a Copyeditor’s Eyes
9 min · · Advocate. Prose custodian. Adjunct to the life of the mind. A person in my role wears many hats—and keeps many secrets. · Shared by 160, including Touche Theories, Jane
Jane Friedman
How to Pursue a Career in Editing: Advice for College Students
7 min · · Although writing and editing are very different skill sets, much of what you can do to master one will serve you well in the other. · Shared by 132, including Jane
editorialartsacademy.com
No, Copyediting Is Not "Stuck in the Past"
2 min · · In response to a LitHub article claiming copyeditors are stodgy, Molly Rookwood details how she approaches copyediting for her indie authors. · Shared by 131, including Jane
arrantpedantry.com
What I Learned from Teaching Editing
4 min · · Last semester I finally had the opportunity to do something I’d thought about for many years: teach a college class. I’d applied for a full-time teaching professor job before, but IR… · Shared by 107, including Jane
The New York Times
Because of an Editing Error
3 min · · Blunders, gaffes and terrible math skills, written in permanent ink. · Shared by 90, including Jane, Steven Pinker, Esther Schindler, John Schwartz, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
The Atlantic
Dan Frank Was a Gifted and Generous Editor
· I don’t know how many people in the reading public would recognize his name. Millions of them should. · Shared by 79, including James Fallows, Jane
sesquiotic.com
A day in the life of an editor
20+ min · · So you want to be an editor? Are you ready for the editor’s life? Are you ready to hoist your pen (I mean computer), haul up the manuscript, and brave the waves of prose? Or maybe you’re already an… · Shared by 76, including Jane
The New Yorker
Dropped Hyphens, Split Infinitives, and Other Thrilling Developments from the 2019 American Copy Editors Society Conference
5 min · · You could feel the excitement in the room when a slide appeared with the heading “HYPHENS!” · Shared by 22, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, mdy, Jane
Literary Hub
The Comma Queen and the Internet’s Copy Chief on What Matters to a Copyeditor
5 min · · We asked Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s “comma queen” and author, most recently, of Greek to Me, and Benjamin Dreyer, copy chief of Random House and author of Dreyer’s Englis… · Shared by 18, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Esther Schindler, Jane
Longreads
Editors Thinking About Editing at the AWP Conference
7 min · · The only way to work as an editor and a writer is to continue learning from other editors and writers. · Shared by 15, including Jane, mdy
Longreads
Strong Writer-Editor Partnerships Create the Best Stories, As This Extended Bus Metaphor Will Prove
4 min · · We need your help to keep this bus gassed up. · Shared by 12, including Jane
Jane Friedman
Copyediting Jobs: How to Estimate Hours and Pricing
5 min · · Copy editors are known for perfectionism. But while there’s no end to the fussing you can do, there’s a limit to what someone will pay you to do it. · Shared by 12, including Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Jane
Literary Hub
Lore Segal: A (Complicated) Love Letter to Editors
7 min · · My day begins by re-reading what I wrote the day before; when I finish the last sentence of the last chapter, I will have another go at the first sentence of the first. There is not, in my experien… · Shared by 9, including Jane
Poynter
By dismantling its copy desk, The New York Times is making a mistake that’s been made before
6 min · · Two decades ago, I wrote a critical essay titled “Goodbye Copy Desks, Hello Trouble.” What prompted that Newspaper Research Journal piece was a brief experiment in eliminating free-standing copy de… · Shared by 9, including Jane, Liv 😷
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Blessed Are teh Copy Editors
3 min · · Copy editors AWOL? The Washington Post was embarrassed this year when it placed the wrong gender symbol on Page One of its Express. In a recent Lingua Franca post, I had reason to mention Rogue… · Shared by 9, including Jane, Esther Schindler
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Copy Editors Are OCD. Thank Goodness.
3 min · · Jorge Luis Borges: largely unedited (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia) “The universe needs more good editors,” Kurt Vonnegut wrote in a letter to his students. He added, “God knows.” Vonnegut was right. Last… · Shared by 7, including Jane