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Is proofreading ability innate or learned?
To proofread at the high level needed for publications, the proofreader: must have been trained as an editor or proofreader (theoretically and/or on-the-job); i.e. must have learned an excelle...
Do you need help to get your life story or memoir written?
Everyone has a story, but not everyone is a natural writer or wishes to write their story down themselves. Some people are better at talking than writing, so they want to tell their story and get s...
Graphic design: how to design your book so it is more accessible to people with reading difficulties
This article is about designing publications that are accessible to people who have reading difficulties caused by dyslexia, limited literacy, or other conditions or disabilities that make it hard ...
Writing and editing: the tools we use for communicating with our clients
We use different communication tools for our different writing and editing services, which include: 1) life story writing, and editing, designing and producing self-published memoirs and autobio...
Workshop: how to edit your own poetry
This 2 to 2.5 hour workshop is for poets who have written, or are writing, a collection of poems. The presenter is Sally-Anne Watson Kane. She will teach you the steps of reviewing, self-editing an...
Self-publishing: file formats from writing to proofreading
Most manuscripts are written and edited in MS Word or other word processing programs. The program you then use to design and proofread your manuscript depends on the type of publication. Editing y...
Why writers need editors
Writing and editing require very different skills and writers and editors have very different roles. Writers and editors are both required to produce a written work whether it be a report, submissi...