I'm reviving my signs series to bring you this gem from my recent trip to China. I'm pretty sure the sign means that each item costs 2 yuan, or about 30 cents US. But it got me thinking about how writers and editors price our services.
If editing your own work is tricky, proofreading your own work is trickier yet.
Editing your own work is tricky. That's why people like me stay in business! I offer here one way to get better at editing right now and two ways to get better over time.
The easy distinction between step 3, revision, and step 4, editing, is scale. Revision is about the big picture. Step 4 is when you start sweating the small stuff. A common misconception is that editing [...]
"Good writing is essentially rewriting," said Roald Dahl. Google "writing and revision quotes" to find that dozens of world-famous authors agree: The real work of writing is revising. Re-vision is re-seeing. You take a step [...]
