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Gael Spivak: An Editor’s Top 3

May 5, 2020 | Filed under: Gael Spivak

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Gael Spivak works in communications for the Government of Canada, where she specializes in plain language writing and editing. An editor for 13 years, Gael has worked on topics that include food …

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Making the Shift from Student to Freelance Editor

March 31, 2020 | Filed under: Natalia Iwanek

For novice editors, the transitional year from student to editor is often both remarkable and overwhelming. No amount of experience and education can prepare you for the phenomenon of imposter syndrome, the tendency to undervalue your work, and the persistent fear of failure. Above all, nothing quite prepares you for …

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Checklists: Sharing Knowledge

November 5, 2019 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

I’ve spent most of my career in-house. Currently I work with dozens of individual authors from all across the organization on a diverse array of document types. Though our editorial team works as a pool, a certain degree of specialization is unavoidable. We need to be able to record and …

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Letter to Non-Editors

October 22, 2019 | Filed under: Berna Ozunal

This post is part of a series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email …

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PerfectIt 4: Faster and More Customizable Than Ever

July 2, 2019 | Filed under: Wendy Barron

When I joined the publishing department of Legal Aid BC last year, none of my colleagues had used PerfectIt. But I have used it for years; I was hooked the first time I ran it on a manuscript and saw how quickly and accurately it found the one U-less “neighbor” …

No Perfection Unless You’re a Sunset

March 26, 2019 | Filed under: Kate Johnson

Those who read are an exacting bunch. We grew up with professionally proofread books, back when publishers could still afford to pay someone to make sure no spelling mistake got by, no errant comma, sneaky typo, sloppy grammar or lazy punctuation. We had high expectations of our reading material. Now …

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Wasted Words: The Torments of Editing

March 19, 2019 | Filed under: Wilf Popoff

When I began writing this article I knew, like most of you, that editing is an unhealthy occupation. It’s so fraught with hazards it’s a wonder anyone will sell us health or life insurance. We sit long hours, our work is mentally taxing, we stare at monitors, our physical effort …

Professional Editorial Standards: What Does an Editor Do Today?

January 29, 2019 | Filed under: Tilman Lewis

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) describe the responsibilities of an editor. The scope of PES is broad; this series explores how the standards apply to a variety of editing contexts. I’ve always found the granularity of PES daunting; I’m more inclined to “find the voice and let it sing.” …

My brain hurts! (Or I’ve been proofreading from right to left!)

December 4, 2018 | Filed under: Wendy Barron

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for …

English Editing in Quebec: Proofreading Bilingual Documents

July 31, 2018 | Filed under: Dwain Richardson

For most of us, it is easy to proof documents written in one language. Copy editors and proofreaders are familiar with flow, style and grammatical rules as they pertain to their mother tongues. But what happens when working with a bilingual or multilingual document? How do you ensure consistency, especially …

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