267 Answered Questions for the topic proofreading

Proofreading Editing Plot Characters

05/30/19

How to edit story structure?
I’ve written a plot for a long story. But it’s not easy for anybody to review because my characters’ dialogue and goals are all over the place, it’s often usually mixed up and I struggle to... more
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05/30/19

Editing an Anthology or Compilation?
I'm interested in putting together an anthology --a work containing some original material, but also lengthy excerpts and/or full text of previously published material by other authors, from a... more
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Proofreading Editing

05/30/19

Finding a reliable professional editing services for research paper?
I am looking for a reliable professional editing service where I can get my papers reviewed. Searching google returns gazillion options but its very hard to determine which one is truly... more
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Proofreading Editing Technical Writing

05/30/19

How does one avoid incomplete changes to documentation?
Having encountered errors in technical documentation that almost certainly came from incomplete editing after copying from earlier documentation, I am curious about what techniques can be used to... more
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Proofreading Editing

05/30/19

How significant a role have editors played on books published in the past?
I am an editor having difficulties dealing with the representative of an author's literary estate about an unpublished manuscript by a deceased author. We have a polite (and friendly) disagreement... more
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Proofreading Editing Quotes Dialogue

05/29/19

How should a narrative parenthetical remark be placed in reference to a dialog quotation?
I’m wondering how to place a narrative parenthetical remark in dialog. I’m proofreading a book with a quote that doesn’t look right to me:He whispered, “I think she will have a child in Raspberry... more
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05/29/19

manuscript new versions and First Publishing Rights?
If you self-publish a version of a book, and then edit it, can you still traditionally publish it offering First Publishing Rights? Essentially I am asking if a partly re-writen draft is it... more
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Proofreading Editing Formatting Blog

05/29/19

How to properly format a post update on a company blog?
**I wrote a blog post about a certain feature(in testing)** of our online product. **We finished the testing and changed a couple of things** and added some improvements to this feature. So, **I... more
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05/29/19

Is writing in fragments bad practice?
Occasionally, it *feels* easier to write individual scenes of a prose and later connect them somehow.Does this method have any significant benefit and/or throwback over the regular "perpetual" way?
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05/29/19

How does the placement of transition sentences affects the meaning/tone of a piece?
Example:> Finally, I began questioning the kid. What was her name? Where were> her parents? And most important, what was she doing outside in this> horrible weather? She replied to none of... more
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Proofreading Editing Handwriting

05/29/19

Correcting a handwritten manuscript?
I used to write on a word processing software, so all the work of rewriting, correcting, editing was easy. Now I'm more and more inclined to handwrite my manuscripts, but all this work of cross out... more
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Proofreading Editing Quotes Characters

05/29/19

How to show that a character is quoting from a book?
I am editing a text in which the characters use quotations from the Bible quite often.Example: Jeremiah turned toward him, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to... more
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Proofreading Vocabulary Editing

05/29/19

Redouble, double, or double again?
I have seen double and double again a lot. Redouble, not so much.I found out that redouble can mean to double again, to double, or in general to intensify whether that is double, triple, quintuple,... more
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Proofreading Grammar Editing

05/29/19

How can I revise these sentences to be more correct while still keeping the effect?
I have written these two sentences: > Despite her temper, I loved her still.>> Or perhaps not despite; perhaps because of.The second sentence feels grammatically incorrect; how can I... more
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Proofreading

05/24/19

Does this make sense? "ex vox populi, vox nihili"
Looking for a translation and corrections
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Proofreading Grammar

05/09/19

whether 6% of pollutants or 6% pollutants?
Hi, I want to know whether "add 6% of pollutants to soil" is correct or "add 6% pollutants to soil"?
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Proofreading Esl/esol

04/17/19

Do I write this correct, as in spelling, grammer and sentence structure?
Hi, my name is Bram and I'm from the Netherlands. My English isn't that well and I'm uncertain if the stuff is in correct English. Can someone help me out?It's about the following text: Step 1:... more
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Proofreading Editing

04/14/19

Self Editing tips/tricks?
I write a daily piece and have been doing so for over 8 years. I think my writing has gotten better, but I still find mistakes at times, or more likely, my readers find mistakes.Does anyone have... more
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Proofreading Editing

04/13/19

Different kinds of editors?
I've noticed references to different kinds of editors such as copy editor, line editor and development editor. I'd like to know the different categories of editors and their job descriptions.
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Proofreading Editing Blog

04/12/19

What's the proper etiquette/format for updating a blog post?
I've been doing websites for 16 years, but am new to writing a blog. Websites pages change all the time, but it seems to me that blog posts are relatively static once they've been posted.If I want... more
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Proofreading Editing Career Legal

04/11/19

How can I prepare for a career in instruction writing and editing?
To technical background authors (e.g. Isaac Rabinovitch) who would possibly work in teams with non-technically trained writers:How can I prepare myself to be able to do what you do? How can I... more
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Proofreading

04/11/19

What is a reasonable rate for proofreading a manuscript in terms of sales percentage?
If offered a percentage of profit for an ebook (e.g. after Amazon's cut), what is reasonable charge for proofreading a somewhat specialized non-fiction manuscript, written by someone whose first... more
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Proofreading Essay Editing Style

04/11/19

What is the fine line between "confidence" and "presumption"?
I am about to apply to a grad school, and I have prepare the SOP for it (think it like a cover letter to apply to a job). I know the rule: show what I've got, not tell how I think I'm cool. I've... more
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Proofreading Editing Technique

04/11/19

Techniques for minimizing redundancy in a document, paragraph or sentence?
Can you provide me with some techniques for minimizing redundancy in English sentence structure on three levels? 1. The Document Level 1. The Paragraph Level 1. The Sentence LevelI'm trying to get... more
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Proofreading Book Publishing

04/10/19

How many errors per page volume is typically "okay" in a book?
Suppose I'm in charge of getting a three hundred page book published. I'll do all reasonable things to get it proofread, but still there is a chance that some errors will persist.Now the book goes... more
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