AI "editing" products lack curiosity.
Human editors are very curious! We love to learn!
Contrary to the stereotype, editors are not grumpy grammar snobs!
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@carolinavonkampen.comAI "editing" products lack curiosity.
Human editors are very curious! We love to learn!
Contrary to the stereotype, editors are not grumpy grammar snobs!
@editrix-rachel.bsky.social"AI can never give a writer empathy." -Kory Stamper
I feel this in my bones. From being a copyeditor for almost a decade, I can sense what a writer is trying to accomplish, what they are worried about, what they feel nervous about.
@carolinavonkampen.comAt heart, what we do as editors is facilitate communication, and communication is about people.
Editors are people people.
(This is not a joke slide, @korystamper.bsky.social clarifies! LOL!)
@carolinavonkampen.comEditor is not about rules: It's about communication.
Editing is not about imposing rules; it's about communicating!
@carolinavonkampen.comEditors aren't a bridge between the #writer and the audience.
Editors are the human in the loop, to borrow a quote from "the enemy, AI." 😂
@korystamper.bsky.social means this literally: Editors are the human in the content cycle (researching, writing, revising, reading).
@carolinavonkampen.comTo non-editors, the work of editing seems technical to the point of being almost mechanical—and given the general misconception that editing is “just fixing bad grammar and typos,” it’s no wonder that some people think editing can be fully automated.
@carolinavonkampen.comTime for the #ACESVCON26 keynote by @korystamper.bsky.social, "Human in the Loop." 👏
@carolinavonkampen.comSecured a scone at Made. by Lia!
@carolinavonkampen.comI've rounded up #books mentioned at #ACESVCON26. I'll update this list throughout the conference!
Feel free to flag books that are mentioned in sessions I'm not attending and I'll add them!
bookshop.org/lists/books-... (affiliate link) #VCON26 #amediting #editorsky #copyediting #edibuddies 📚💙
@carolinavonkampen.comSome books Kelly recommends about checklists in general:
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande: bookshop.org/a/6998/97803... (affiliate link)
Listful Thinking by Paula Rizzo: bookshop.org/a/6998/97816...
The Checklist Book by Alexandra Franzen: bookshop.org/a/6998/97816...
@carolinavonkampen.comTakeaways from "Build Better Checklists for Your Editing Tasks" by Kelly Schrank
✔️ Create checklists for your own use
✔️ Test and rework to get them right, then update and change as needed
✔️ Create them for #editing tasks, writing projects, social media work, business tasks
@carolinavonkampen.comAnd here's Kelly Schrank's book about editorial checklists!
headbookworm.com/clarity-by-d... #ACESVCON26 #VCON26 #amediting #editorsky #copyediting
@carolinavonkampen.comHere's Kelly's handout about creating your own editorial checklists:
headbookworm.com/checklist-ha... #ACESVCON26 #VCON26 #amediting #editorsky #copyediting
@carolinavonkampen.comLOL put "Make pot of coffee" on your virtual conference checklist ☕ ☑️ #ACESVCON26 #VCON26
@carolinavonkampen.comHow do you know when you have good #editing checklists?
✔️ When you start a new type of project and you feel lost without a checklist
✔️ When you are confident you have completed a project because you have checked everything off on your checklist
@carolinavonkampen.comHow do you know when you have good #editing checklists?
✔️ When you are asked for metrics, and you can confidently give an estimate because you have the data in your checklists
✔️ When you have peace of mind when working on something
@carolinavonkampen.comHow do you know when you have good #editing checklists?
✔️ When you find an error your editing checklist told you to look for
✔️ When you go back and re-read your comments to the authors because the checklist reminded you to
@carolinavonkampen.comKelly's #editing checklist examples are INCREDIBLY detailed. WOW!!!
You can see her checklist examples here: headbookworm.com/checklist-ex...
@tanyagold.bsky.socialHey, editor friends 👋🏻
Whether you're at #ACESVCon26 or #NotAtACES, you're going to want to follow @carolinavonkampen.com's live posting of the conference.
Carolina is so good at processing information and sharing it in digestible chunks.
@carolinavonkampen.comSome checklist tips:
✅ List what needs to be done in the optimal order for the task to be done efficiently and correctly
✅ Include "Run spellcheck"!
✅ Be specific! For instance, don't just say "Check headings." Show how headings should look. Example below!
