To writers who think it's an editor's job to worry about syntax or grammar or spelling or whatever, I would ask them if they were an actor, how would they treat their makeup artists? An editor, like a makeup artist, can make you look very good or very foolish. Be nice to your editors.
Talking about Language
The new and improved language blog, where posts about editing, language, and other fun stuff roam.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Editing for Writers
A lot of people (read: everyone but the teacher and me) in my Creative writing class have a utilitarian view of editors at best. I thought up this in response:
Friday, July 9, 2010
Quote for the Day
"All the problems with the English language
can be traced back to the fact
that you have dozens of words for sex
and only one for love."
can be traced back to the fact
that you have dozens of words for sex
and only one for love."
-Arthur Crowley
Monday, March 23, 2009
Verbing
Charity already posted a comic strip on the topic of verbing, but I found this article interesting to read. It is odd how some things can be changed, but others can't. Me? I'm all for verbing. (as long as it's not TOO weird)
http://blog.leximo.org/2009/03/verbing-weirds-language.html
http://blog.leximo.org/2009/03/verbing-weirds-language.html
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