by Linden Gross | Dec 15, 2022 | Editing
Now that we’ve dealt with the formatting of your manuscript, we can finally move on to how to copyedit language. I always start by running two spellchecks. The spellcheck attached to Word is much faster, but catches less than Grammarly, which the website describes as...
by Linden Gross | Dec 8, 2022 | Editing
Are you ready? Last week we covered copyediting basics. This week, we’re going to tackle what a lot of people would suggest handling last in a copyedit – formatting. Start by turning on Track Changes even if you’re copyediting your own manuscript. You’ll want to be...
by Linden Gross | Dec 1, 2022 | Editing
I was recently involved in handling a copyedit for a dissertation. The daunting experience reminded me of just how complicated copyediting is. Before we get into that, let’s review copyedit basics: what a copyedit is and is not. A copyedit is not a line edit. In my...
