Being a good writer in a particular genre, on a particular medium, does not necessarily mean that we're able to transpose that same writing ability and apply it to different media. To put it in no-nonsense terms... different media require different styles of writing! While writing an academic/research paper more often than not requires rather long …
Of course we need editors!
So in response to my previous blog post wondering whether we need editors in this technology-infused world... YES, WE DO. (As you can also tell from the title of this blog post...) But why do we need editors when Word has spell-check and most modern phones have auto-correct? The answer is: this and this. As we …
What does it mean to be an editor?
Recently I've been thinking more and more about what it means to be an editor in today's spell-check/self-published world. Are editors (copyeditors, developmental editors, commissioning editors) no longer in any demand, since (with minimal technological know-how, i.e. knowing how to simply press the F7 key on your keyboard when in Microsoft Word) almost anyone can "edit" and …
Geraldine Stallard 