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CMOS

Getting to Know Your Style Guide

By Erica Wright

December 28, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Getting to Know Your Style Guide

The best way to learn any style manual is to use it conscientiously and repeatedly, but there are a few other ways you can begin to build your skill before busting out that red pen.

Filed Under: Editing, Manager Monday Tagged With: CMOS, Editing, editorial best practices, Editors, familiarizing, learning, Style Guide, style manual, The Chicago Manual of Style

Styles Clash

By Justin M. Knipper

March 1, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Styles Clash

It might sound odd if you’re not already an editor, but the differences in style guides at publishing houses can be a tedious affair if you’re not at least a bit fluent in the main English-language house styles.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: AP, Associated Press, Chicago, CMOS, house style, newspaper, pdx, PSU, publishing, vanguard

Getting Started If You’re Not an Editor

By Brittney Finato @finatography

August 17, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Getting Started If You’re Not an Editor

Communication is key! Once you’ve determined that you can’t find the answer, ask someone.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: CMOS, Editing, editor, getting started, how-to, Ooligan, pdx, PNW, Portland, portland state university, Style Guide

The Hybrid: When the House Style Guide Creates a Frankenstein

By Thomas Spoelhof @thomasspoelhof

January 15, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Hybrid: When the House Style Guide Creates a Frankenstein

Opinions are like . . . you know: everybody’s got one. House editing style guides and preferences are no different. Browse through any random collection of imprint house publications, periodicals, or online articles, and you’ll witness a menagerie of guides, including The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), the Associated Press Stylebook(AP), and a smattering of personal preferences seemingly chosen at random. The resulting style format can resemble an amalgamation of spare parts—something akin to a Frankenstein’s monster of house style. The curious aspect is the specific, obscure details individual editors decide to take a stand on—the hills upon which they choose to fight and die.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: advice, AP Style, Associated Press, author, book, Chicago Manual of Style, CMOS, CMS collaboration, content edit, copy edit, copyediting, developmental edit, Editing, editor, feedback, house style, journalism, line edit, novel, publishing, Style Guide, substantive edit, writing

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