proofreading
proofreading
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by Dana Blozis - 2007-12-10
If you had told me five years ago that I would walk away from my day job to start my own writing business, I would have told you that you were crazy. Although my career in the insurance industry wasn'...
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by - 2007-12-10
Have you ever visited a website that had poorly written text or read a brochure that had typos or spelling errors on the cover? I don't know about you, but I am always turned off by this kind of...
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by David Bowman - 2008-04-24
Do you remember Johnnie Cochran, the powerful lawyer who lead OJ Simpson's defense team? He was good, really good. And he used good grammar.One of his more powerful statements, actually a rhetorical q...
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by David Bowman - 2008-06-10
Often when we are editing, we come across sentences that we can revise in several ways. When we cannot easily select a particular revision, we employ a strategy we call R & R, which stands for "Rephra...
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by John G. Hamilton - 2008-06-21
The term 'reading against copy' often causes confusion, even among proofreaders to whom it refers, so in this article I will try to explain what the term means.There are two ways in which a profession...
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by John G. Hamilton - 2008-06-21
Freelance proofreaders in the UK are normally paid at an hourly rate, which is agreed between the proofreader and his or her client. The UK Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) every year sets ...
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by John G. Hamilton - 2008-06-21
So you've set up in business as a freelance proofreader. You have your pens and reference books at the ready. All you need is your first client. And there's the rub...One problem facing all new proofr...
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by John G. Hamilton - 2008-06-21
So you want to set up as a home-based freelance proofreader? Great! Proofreading is in many respects the ideal home-based business. You can work any time that suits you, perhaps fitting it around dome...
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by John G. Hamilton - 2008-06-21
Proofreaders are typically paid by the hour. So what happens when you're asked to quote a price for a job? How long should you allow for a proofreading task, or expect to claim from your client?Unfort...
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by David Bowman - 2008-06-28
Writing is a combination of art and craft. The art comes from lots of reading, talking, thinking, dreaming, and writing. The craft is primarily technique. Some techniques are complex, but a few are v...
