I enrolled in one class and then another to learn how to kindly quest for clearer sentences, and such. I have no more use of these pushy paws, instead I intend to sensitize my pen, to query and collaborate, not dictate. Many thanks to the Editorial Freelancers Association for their array of courses and webinars.
My Tiny Career
I love the last line! Of course, that is where your time should be spent. You already are mighty fine at sentencing. I shall heed this as advice and do the same. “to query & to collaborate, a mantra for these efforts.
Dictation sometimes works for authors and poets tuning in to their inner voice, but not for editors. I’m trying to feel out how to work with authors and so enrolled in a class in beginning copyediting. I didn’t understand how editors approached their work–it’s not the same as a teacher would–and it turns out that the body of knowledge required of copyeditors is merely the contents of the Chicago Manual of Style as well as Merriam’s dictionary, plus more, yet it’s doable with practice.