Getting schooled with StoryToolz | dragonfly editorial
August 2, 2012 § Leave a comment
Getting schooled with StoryToolz | dragonfly editorial.
Here’s a new breed of blog post—an analysis of my own writing using an online readability tool. I learned a lot while putting together this piece. And becoming savvy with StoryToolz will definitely come in handy going forward!
I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why. – Kyle Wiens – Harvard Business Review
July 25, 2012 § Leave a comment
“On the face of it, my zero tolerance approach to grammar errors might seem a little unfair. After all, grammar has nothing to do with job performance, or creativity, or intelligence, right?
Wrong. If it takes someone more than 20 years to notice how to properly use “it’s,” then that’s not a learning curve I’m comfortable with.”
I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why. – Kyle Wiens – Harvard Business Review.
I’ve been busy
July 24, 2012 § Leave a comment
These past few weeks I’ve been doing lots of writing for Dragonfly’s blog, plus ghostwriting projects for a few of their clients. It’s been a great learning experience. More than a few of the writers and editors I’ve interviewed have told me that the best thing about writing is that each assignment is a chance to learn about something new, from HVAC installation to weaving to social media strategy. I’m starting to agree.
Check out my most recent posts on the Dragonfly blog here:
Writing to bring order to complexity
An editor’s eye and an artist’s touch
Leaving a mark
July 6, 2012 § Leave a comment
After learning the ins and outs of professional proofreading over the past few weeks, I started to wonder how all of those funny-looking slashes and curlicues came to be. Some of them seem sensible enough: close-up hooks cinch gaps in a text, double loops for transposition flip one word over another like a catapult.
In a weird kind of way, these marks look like what they do. But how did the freeform, loopy dele come to mean “take it out?”
I did some searching, and found that there’s not much information out there when it comes to the origins of proofreading marks (although Wikipedia tells me the dele’s shape comes from that of an archaic ‘d’). I did, however, stumble across this comic on Geist.com–think any of these will catch on?
Herding dogs, cats, and editors—the life of a work-at-home wordsmith | dragonfly editorial
June 20, 2012 § Leave a comment
Herding dogs, cats, and editors—the life of a work-at-home wordsmith | dragonfly editorial.
Here’s this week’s Dragonfly blog profile–link to it here or from my web writing page.
MARY GABLE 