Category: Roundups

Writing and editing for the web: The Editing Podcast

28/8/2019

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In this episode, Louise and Denise discuss writing and editing for the web with guest Erin Brenner

Click to listen to Season 2, Episode 9

Listen to find out more about:

Why working with web content is different from writing for the page
In which programs should we create content for the web?
Pre-upload checks on the writing
Pre-upload checks on metadata links, and alt-text
Quality control: self-editing versus third-party professional help
How many editing passes?
Fact-checking and authenticity
The order of play for editing web content
Style sheets and web content
Language choice and style for web content

Editing bites

Erin Brenner’s Web Style Checklist
They Ask, You Answer by Marcus Sheridan

Other resources

Erin Brenner, Right Touch Editing
‘Customer service: A cautionary tale of red flags and safety nets’ by Vanessa Plaister on the CIEP blog
The AP Stylebook (Associated Press)

Music credit
‘‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

Louise Harnby is a line editor, copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in working with crime, mystery, suspense and thriller writers.

She is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), a member of ACES, a Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and co-hosts The Editing Podcast.

Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Fiction Editor & Proofreader, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, connect via Facebook and LinkedIn, and check out her books and courses.

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Roundup: PDF Proofreading Stamps (quick-access links)

26/8/2012

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This roundup provides quick access to all the PDF proofreading markup articles posted on The Editing Blog.

I should have done this ages ago so apologies to anyone who's had to spend unnecessary time navigating their way around the Stamps archive to see what's available.

I'll keep this updated as new files are added so that there's always one central resource with all the necessary links.

IMPORTANT: For detailed installation instructions, see my article Installation Instructions for Proofreading Stamps. Please follow these instructions to the letter BEFORE contacting me for support.
If you wish to create your own stamps, or you want to see samples of what a marked-up PDF looks like, see my article PDF Editing – Making the Most of the Stamps Tool.
For a list of American proofreading stamps visit KOK Edit’s Copyeditors' Knowledge Base and scroll down to "PDF editing stamps".
For some great PDF mark-up tutorials and tips (using Acrobat), take a look at the Acrobat PDF archive on the Right Angels and Polo Bears blog curated by Adrienne Montgomerie.
You can find more information about onscreen work in the archives here on The Editing Blog: Stamps archive and Onscreen Work archive.