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Sue Archer

Oh, My Aching Eyeballs!

août 16, 2016 by Sue Archer | 18 commentaires sur Oh, My Aching Eyeballs!

Lately, I find myself wishing I’d picked a profession where I didn’t need to look at computer screens. Or read a lot. Or use my eyes at all, really. (Being a taste tester at a chocolate factory sounds like an attractive career change right about now.) My distance vision has always been terrible, but now […]

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Paul Cipywnyk

Know Your Subject, Watch That Continuity

août 9, 2016 by Paul Cipywnyk | 9 commentaires sur Know Your Subject, Watch That Continuity

Blam! Blam! Black Sombrero fired his Colt .45 at the shadow in the barn, then spun and snapped three shots at the posse approaching across the coral. Zing! A shot from behind creased his shoulder, and he wheeled back, fanning four quick shots at the figure in the gaping doorway. Snick. Damn, he was empty! […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: Surviving Overkill

août 2, 2016 by Wilf Popoff | 4 commentaires sur Wasted Words: Surviving Overkill

In 1956 SC Johnson (formerly Johnson Wax) developed Raid, an apparently effective insecticide that became a marketing miracle. But most of the credit for the boom belongs to Foote, Cone & Belding (aka FCB), a global advertising agency that created the legendary slogan, Raid Kills Bugs Dead. This whimsically ironic tagline burst into our cultural lexicon […]

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Susan Glickman

Time to Put the “Free” Back in “Freelance”

juillet 26, 2016 by Susan Glickman | 7 commentaires sur Time to Put the “Free” Back in “Freelance”

I make my living as a freelancer, which means I work pretty much every single day, all year long. My only breaks are brief visits to out-of-town family. Real holidays are rare — perhaps once every five years. Sound familiar? I suspect many of you are like me. We never know when the next job […]

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Dwain Richardson

English Editing in Quebec: All About Gender

juillet 19, 2016 by Dwain Richardson

If you’re passionate about foreign languages, you’ll know that most of them contain masculine and feminine nouns. Some languages, such as German and Russian, go the extra mile and use neutral nouns. English has its fair share of masculine and feminine nouns, too, though most of them have been eliminated to make way for more […]

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Melva McLean

Movie Review: Genius

juillet 12, 2016 by Melva McLean | 4 commentaires sur Movie Review: Genius

Genius is a movie about the relationship between writer Thomas Wolfe and editor Maxwell Perkins and is based primarily on A. Scott Berg’s biography, “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius” (Riverhead Trade). Perkins worked for Charles Scribner’s Sons for over 30 years. Like Canada’s Ellen Seligman, Perkins was an exacting editor. Like Seligman, his meticulous attention […]

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James Harbeck

Omitting Periods? It’s About Genres.

juillet 5, 2016 by James Harbeck | Un commentaire sur Omitting Periods? It’s About Genres.

“Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style,” declared a New York Times headline. Noted linguist David Crystal had made some comments observing that the period is not requisite in text messages, and as such is used only “to show irony, syntactic snark, insincerity, even aggression,” as article author Dan Bilefsky […]

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Lori Burwash

Twitter for Wordies

juin 28, 2016 by Lori Burwash | 3 commentaires sur Twitter for Wordies

Twitter is made for people like us: a forum where communication must be clear, engaging and concise? GAME ON. But — whether out of indifference, fear or social media fatigue — many have yet to experience the wonder. If you’re one of the uninitiated, give Twitter a go. The platform is rich with editors and […]

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Paul Cipywnyk

Zoom, Zoom: Rev Up Your Editing

juin 21, 2016 by Paul Cipywnyk | 5 commentaires sur Zoom, Zoom: Rev Up Your Editing

How quickly can you edit and still do a good job? In another life I was an editor for a financial and business news service, and I was amazed at how quickly reporters and editors could churn out thousands of words, yet maintain high standards. I believe you can learn to write and edit rapidly; […]

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Wilf Popoff

Wasted Words: Recasting Punctuation

juin 14, 2016 by Wilf Popoff | 3 commentaires sur Wasted Words: Recasting Punctuation

I recall Victor Borge’s celebrated skit where he reads a story aloud while sputtering rude noises as punctuation. Borge reasoned that if such detail was vital for a reader’s grasp it was likewise for a listener’s. The Great Dane died before Cyberia’s scribbling and texting mania laid siege to orthodox punctuation, so today his skit would bewilder […]

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