THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Melva McLean

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: A Book Editor in the Land of Cinema

December 4, 2012 by Melva McLean | Leave a Comment

(The first in a series on working as an editor in the film industry.) In 1966, my older sister snuck me into the Windsor Theatre to see an R-rated movie, A Man and Woman, starring Anouk Aimée as a script girl and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a car racer. After that, whenever someone asked me what […]

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Wilf Popoff

WASTED WORDS: The editor as analyst

November 24, 2012 by Wilf Popoff | Leave a Comment

Wasted Words is a series of musings on language and usage by editor emeritus Wilf Popoff. I find it hard to edit without playing amateur psychologist. Why did the writer do this? Carelessness? Ignorance? Of course it can be either. Compared to editors writers are not as alert, which is why they need us. But […]

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Susan Bond

Starting the Conversation

November 20, 2012 by Susan Bond | Leave a Comment

Welcome to The Editors’ Weekly, official blog of the Editors’ Association of Canada/Association canadienne des réviseurs (EAC/ACR). The EAC promotes professional editing for print and online communications. Our 1,600 members include salaried and freelance editors who work in the corporate, technical, government, not-for-profit, education and publishing sectors. Authors contributing to this blog will include many recognized […]

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