I’m not talking about a week in Las Vegas palling around with the news editor from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. I’m talking about conventions as in ways of doing things. Some journalists are funny about how they write. Mark Twain never followed AP style, or wouldn’t have had such thing been around in the 19th [...]
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November 30, 2011 by Gerri Knilans · Leave a Comment
Filed under: writing
Social Tagging: comma • essay • journalism • lede • paragraph • quotations • style
Filed under: writing
Social Tagging: comma • essay • journalism • lede • paragraph • quotations • style
November 8, 2011 by Gerri Knilans · Leave a Comment
Filed under: writing
Social Tagging: edit • editing • how
Filed under: writing
Social Tagging: edit • editing • how
Every business writer is also an editor, whether it is to edit their own work or someone else’s. And editing is not easy. First, there is given a set of constraints to consider, including word count, prescribed style, format and expected content, which are editorial lines that can’t be crossed. First edits are often straightforward. [...]
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