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An editor’s notebook: coda
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An editor’s notebook: coda

ByJosh Bernoff November 16, 2018May 3, 2023

All this week, I’ve looked for lessons from the hundreds of thousands of words I’ve edited in the last few years. Here’s a little of what I’ve learned. Writing is difficult. But with enough practice and good coaching, you can get good at it. Editing is a higher level of difficulty. The editor must understand…

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An editor’s notebook: Analyzing and untangling sentences
Books | Tips

An editor’s notebook: Analyzing and untangling sentences

ByJosh Bernoff November 12, 2018May 3, 2023

One of the editor’s primary jobs is to make sentences say what they mean. When the prose gets in the way of the ideas, fix the prose. A focus on the subjects and verbs in sentences can help make prose clearer and reduce the cognitive load on the reader. These examples come from a book…

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