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 Ten Things I Look After When Copyediting Fiction Novels
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By Patricia Collins
In Editing
Posted October 30, 2020

Ten Things I Look After When Copyediting Fiction Novels

If you’ve made it through revisions and developmental or substantive editing, it’s time for copyediting. Good copyediting does not come cheap. In a recent rate survey undertaken by the Editorial [...]

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 Commas the Chicago Way: Can We Depend on Commas in Dependent Clauses?
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted October 16, 2020

Commas the Chicago Way: Can We Depend on Commas in Dependent Clauses?

Like most things to do with commas, kinda. Do you want to read this series in order? Start here. As we learned in our previous entry, knowing what to do with commas means knowing the meaning of [...]

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 When to Hire a Beta Reader
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By Patricia Collins
In Editing
Posted October 2, 2020

When to Hire a Beta Reader

You’ve written your novel! Well done! Many people sit down at their desk to write a novel and then immediately stand back up to see what’s streaming. But not you! You persevered and you’ve woven [...]

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 What’s a beta reader and why do you need one?
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By Patricia Collins
In Editing
Posted August 21, 2020

What’s a beta reader and why do you need one?

Or: Why your friends aren’t your best first readers. Beta reading is one of the services I provide, and it’s the one that most people haven’t heard of. Here’s what I tell people when they ask: A [...]

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 When Should You Hire a Copyeditor?
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By Patricia Collins
In Editing
Posted July 28, 2020

When Should You Hire a Copyeditor?

Or: How to not waste your time and money. You wrote a novel! Maybe it’s the next great American novel, maybe it’s your first foray into the writing world, maybe it’s your first contemporary [...]

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 Revising Your Novel? Eliminate These Four Things.
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By Patricia Collins
In Writing
Posted July 21, 2020

Revising Your Novel? Eliminate These Four Things.

You’ve written a draft of a novel and you’ve revised enough times to know that your story is pretty awesome. What other things need revision? I’ve got a list of four things to look for. When I [...]

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 Don’t Let Headline-Style Capitalization Give You a Headache
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted July 9, 2020

Don’t Let Headline-Style Capitalization Give You a Headache

Or: Breaking Down Chicago Manual of Style 8.159 In headline-style capitalization, Most Words Are Capitalized. It differs from sentence-style capitalization in which The first [...]

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 Commas the Chicago Way: The Serial Comma. Where People Throw Down
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By Patricia Collins
In Grammar
Posted June 16, 2020

Commas the Chicago Way: The Serial Comma. Where People Throw Down

Recently, I sent an email to client where I delicately probed his feelings about the serial comma. He’d written a 15,000-word workbook where he didn’t use the serial comma 95% of the time. But [...]

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