The Art of Copyediting Blog

Sporadic musings of an editor addicted to orderly working

Handling tables and figures during copyediting

Objectives of copyediting and typesetting

Once a manuscript enters production, the content is always looked at in terms of the practical realities of the production process. When considered objectively, both copyediting and typesetting are part of a single production process. When analyzed...

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Copyediting ICF’s second book

The Indian Copyeditors Forum’s (ICF’s) second book Copyediting: A Closer Look has a blog of mine as one of its chapters. But my contribution as an author is quite minimal in comparison with my role as the copyeditor of the book.

Although I've been with individual copyeditors through...

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English language teaching: A logical approach using 14 functional components

This is a basic exposition of a new method of teaching the English language, evolved over a period of at least 25 years. So there’s a personal story behind this, which I’m presenting first (Part 1), to give you the gist of it. But then, there’s also the technical side...

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Vivek Kumar and India’s first book on copyediting—reminiscences of a heroic journey

I received a complimentary copy of Vivek Kumar's Discover the Editor in You—Copyediting as a Career just two days ago. I had written a chapter for the book.

For several personal and unrelated reasons, I’d never thought seriously about the book in the last two years. I...

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The Art of Copyediting foundational skills program—A review

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This is a piece written by Vandana Bhasin of Gurugram, who took up The Art of Copyediting's Foundational Skills for Employability and Earning training and mentoring program in November 2022. 


 

The Foundational Skills for Employability and Earning (FSEE)...

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The Art of Copyediting offers nine options for learning

 

Not many people have a clear sense of purpose in life, which, when present, goads them to learn something every day, every week, every month, every year.

But for most people, learning itself does not happen on its own. It happens only when you consciously take that decision to learn. It...

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The Art of Copyediting solution to the problem of learning in India

Summary

A copyeditor in India faces almost insurmountable hurdles in learning the profession. I discuss these problems in detail and provide (a) a practical method of learning the basics via The Art of Copyediting group-learning plan (now affordable by everyone) and (b) an engaging,...

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The Art of Copyediting training and mentoring program—A look back

 


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This is a piece written by Dr. Mothi Paul of Tirunelveli, who took up The Art of Copyediting's Foundational Skills for Employability and Earning training and mentoring program recently. I'm publishing it here (along with my blogs) as Dr. Paul does not yet have a website of this...

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Microsoft Word navigation: Some microrecommendations for editors

Summary

This blog recommends a combination of standard Word shortcuts and a few basic macros (with recommended shortcut keys) to help a copyeditor navigate efficiently within a Word window and edit with a clear focus. This involves a one-time set up and may benefit both new and experienced...

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Why is training and mentoring essential in academic copyediting?

A typical daily copyediting problem

A question that some students had asked me off and on came to my mind. It was about using (or omitting) a comma before the conjunction but. We all know that we'll have to look at it on a case-by-case basis. But to explain this I needed to have a bunch of...

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