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How to use plain language principles for #editing

✔️ Ask yourself: How will this edit help the intended reader?
✔️ Comment on wording, structure, and design
✔️ Frame the query in terms of relevance, findability, understandability, and usability

#ACESVCON26 #VCON26

First session of Day 2 of #ACESVCON26: Beyond Borders: Plain Language and Editing for Global Audiences by Ema Naito, @theclarityeditor.bsky.social!

#vcon26 #amediting #plainlanguage #editing #editorsky

I took a picture of our sink and used my editing software to see these hidden details. I thought the color of our sink was ivory white. #magnification #editing #photography #cropping

It's National Punctuation Day, and our editors have a new rulebook: the 58th edition of the AP Stylebook, with 200+ new and revised entries. (Yes, healthcare is one word now.)

@davidcrumm.bsky.social explains the style we use for books and @readthespirit.bsky.social.

#APStyle #Editing

If you're attending ACES #VCON26, which sessions are you excited to attend?

If you're #NotAtACES, which sessions do you wish you could attend?

carolinavonkampen.com/aces-vcon26-... #amediting #edibuddies #editing #freelanceeditor #acesvcon26

Lots of interesting topics in the Editors Canada fall webinar list.

Remember that if you belong to one of the partner organizations (including most editing associations)m, you can get the Editors Canada member discount.

editors.ca/news/announc...

#Editing #PD #ProfessionalDevelopment

The Law of Armelith has gone from 101k words to 91k to 105k and now I'm back down under 100k again!
Good cuts are good progress!

#authors #writers #writing #editing

Crying for many days. My cat knocked over my computer and the screen is busted. So sad, so angry. Book is paused. Taking to repair shop. Omg, I am beside myself. #author #novelwriting #editing #writing #novels #books

I’m attending the ACES #VCON26 virtual editing conference this week, and I’m live posting from sessions I attended on Bluesky. I've made a blog post roundup of my threads here:

carolinavonkampen.com/live-from-ac... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #editing #acesvcon26

Got a hypothetical red flag client or #editing situation that you want to see discussed in a future Red Flag Roulette #StetChat? Submit it here:

(Oh yeah, we’re gonna do this format again!)

stetchat.com/red-flag-sub...

Got an email from an "AI" trying to sell me AI editing service.
All the issues with that aside - who even gets the money???
1000% hard no but at least this one told me what it was...

#authors #writers #writing #editing

Today’s 🚩 Red Flag Roulette 🚩#StetChat in a few minutes!

#acesvcon26 attendees, join us! :)

In Red Flag Roulette, we’ll pose questions about hypothetical red flag clients and #editing situations, and we’ll talk about how you’d deal with them.

#edibuddies #amediting #freelanceeditor #vcon26