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Mind Your Style Sheet

By Olivia Rollins

February 17, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Mind Your Style Sheet

Though style sheets can seem confusing at first, they are among the most important tools at a copyeditor’s disposal. As long as you keep your style sheet organized and record all of your decisions related to mechanics and style, you should be all right. (Or is it “alright”? Better check the style sheet.)

Filed Under: Editing, Manager Monday Tagged With: character names, copyedit, copyediting, copyeditors, edit, Editing, Editors, grammar, house style, how-to, hyphenation, manuscript, spelling, style, Style Guide, style sheet, style sheets, terminology, tips, toolkit, Tools

First-Draft Blues

By Jennifer Guiher

October 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

First-Draft Blues

Not all great hits in the world of publishing and storytelling start off with a bang. In fact, many well-known authors had ideas upon ideas for their stories, characters, and voices that were scrapped before their final drafts were produced—final drafts that might be surprising in comparison to the original ideas from which they developed.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: Arthur Conan Doyle, character names, classics, developmental editing, Editing, first draft, Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, harpercollins, plotline, Sherlock Holmes, Sherrington Hope, To Kill a Mockingbird

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