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How You Approach Editing a Manuscript

By Melinda Crouchley @authormelindacrouchley

December 30, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

How You Approach Editing a Manuscript

There are so many moments to take in during the editing process, but perhaps one of the most basic considerations is HOW it all happens. There are certain things that HAVE to happen, but they might not always happen in the right order or in the same way for everyone. If it happens and it happens well, is the HOW really that important? Maybe. Maybe not.

Filed Under: Editing, Manager Monday Tagged With: Chicago Manual of Style, copyediting, developmental editing, Editing, Google Doc, heavy copyedit, light copyedit, manuscript, medium copyedit, philosophy, practice, red pen, Word doc

Poetic Communication: What it means for writers and editors

By Tiffany Watson

April 12, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Poetic Communication: What it means for writers and editors

Creating an original voice, going against the grain of convention, has little to do with the spark we are often told about. Rather, it is a conscious effort to know the rules and when to innovate.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: Convention, Editing, innovation, Language, literature, Mark Turner, philosophy, Roland Posner, Spark, Stephen King, writing

Enactivism as a Goal in Digital Learning

By Kento Ikeda

October 15, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Enactivism as a Goal in Digital Learning

Ask someone to close their eyes and place a ring in their hand, and they’ll move the object in their hand to get a sense of its shape. Forbid them from moving their hand, and they’ll have a very difficult time figuring out the shape from touch alone.
Image: Original photograph of a pair of Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons and a copy of 50 Hikes (I can do a version with Classroom Publishing or whatever if that makes more sense).

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: Alva Noe, digital, eBooks, Enactivism, labo, learning, Nintendo, perception, philosophy

Four Amazing Books You Won’t Find On Any Other Summer Reading List

By Ooligan Press

August 8, 2013 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

By Rebekah Hunt As the middle of summer approaches, people are getting ready to go on vacation (or are already on vacation, if they don’t go to summer school like I do). Anticipating the free time we’ve suddenly got, many of us are thinking about leisure activities like camping and going to the beach, or […]

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