proofreading

Do You Use WordPress Proofreader to your Advantage?

January 28, 2012

Are you making full use of all the proofreading features available with the newest version of WordPress? If you put some time into understanding how the features work (mainly how to understand what they are suggesting to you) you can have an editor look over your post before you publish it to your site. This [...]

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Guest Post: How To Find Objective Reviews For Your Creative Writing

March 11, 2011

You have just finished your manuscript. You might be wondering if it is really any good. The thing to do first is get an honest review. Having family and well meaning friends have a look at your work is okay, but you can never be sure how biased they will be or how reluctant to [...]

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Sounds Like Proper English at Tea

March 10, 2011

When you read your posts back to yourself (in your head, not out loud) how do you imagine you sound? I don’t know why but I read my writing with an English accent, like a proper English lady sitting down to tea and crumpets. I don’t especially like an English accent. Maybe I just see [...]

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The Importance of Checking for Typos

January 9, 2011

I found this on the site of a popular bookseller. Maybe “Dead Sex” would help sell books, but maybe not in this market. Either way, it’s a mistake and makes the bookseller and their staff look pretty sloppy.

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