The Editors' Weekly
Official blog of Canada's national editorial association
The Editors' Weekly
Navigation
  • About the Blog
  • Contact Us
  • editors.ca
  • reviseurs.ca
You are here: Home › Entries tagged with "effective editorial comments"
Currently browsing tag

effective editorial comments

Editorial Comments

Notes on Notes

January 14, 2020 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton, General EAC

I had occasion recently to teach someone how to write effective editorial comments. It was an interesting exercise as it forced me to articulate principles I had absorbed over many years, some learned from painful experience. Here’s what came to mind: Know your place. My job is to help the …

What we’re talking about

Aaron Dalton Anna Williams author-editor relationship authors book editors book publishing Brendan O'Brien business practices communication copy editing editing editing tools editor editor's role editorial skills editors editors at work freelance editors freelancing grammar Inner Editor James Harbeck language linguistics Linguistics Frankly Marianne Grier marketing networking proofreading publishing Rosemary Shipton rédaction révision self-publishing style stylistic editing traduction translation usage Virginia Durksen Wasted Words Wilf Popoff word choice writers writing

Email subscriptions

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 914 other subscribers

Most recent posts

  • Running Out of Words: It’s Not a Slippery Slope
  • On Resolving to Publish: Book Publishing in 2021 and Beyond
  • Editorial Headspace: A Year in Review
  • Style Sheets: Your New Best Friend
  • How I’m Hiring a Student to Support My Freelance Editing Business

Archives by month

By author

Follow Us Online

Facebook  Twitter  Flickr  RSS Feed

www.editors.ca

The Editors' Weekly is the blog of Editors Canada.

Report an error or a typo

Email us at blog [at] editors.ca

© 2021 The Editors' Weekly

Powered by One Designs