Copy Editing - Reaper Edits

A Dash of Grammar, or Em and En (And Hyphens)

Byreaperliterary_oe4cjl November 24, 2024November 24, 2024

Ah, the lowly dash. And it’s many forms. We so love using them, especially Gen X and Millennial writers. We especially love our em dashes (— ). Nothing wrong with that, though I wish Cormac McCarthy had made peace with quotation marks before he died. Blood Meridian was brilliant but hard to read. And yet,…

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What’s In A Copy Edit?

Byreaperliterary_oe4cjl September 30, 2024

You hear the terms developmental and copy edit bandied about. I talk a bit about the former here. These days, a lot of developmental editors are calling themselves “story coaches,” and that’s probably a more accurate term. Especially because, when the developmental edit is done, you will most definitely need a copy edit. All that…