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Q&A with Ashley Leath, copy editor at Southern Living
Ashley Leath is a copy editor at Southern Living magazine. She has also worked as a freelance editor on the topics of food and travel. In this interview, conducted by email, Leath talks about her job… more →
The Editor's Desk
Q&A with Ashley Leath, copy editor at Southern Living
wrote 3 weeks ago: Ashley Leath is a copy editor at Southern Living magazine. She has also worked as a freelance editor … more →
Story editors & "save the cat" moments
wrote 1 month ago: I have two awesome moments written into my notebook from this afternoon’s workshop “Deco … more →
Q&A with Madelyn Rosenberg, children's author
wrote 2 months ago: Madelyn Rosenberg is an author of several children’s books. Her latest, “The Canary in the Coal Mine … more →
Student guest post: Editing, style and fashion
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wrote 2 months ago: Students in JOMC 457, Advanced Editing, are writing guest posts for this blog this semester. This is … more →
Q&A with Carol Carpenter, copy editor at the Times-Picayune
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wrote 4 months ago: Carol Carpenter is a copy editor at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. In this interview, conducted … more →
Q&A with Ariel Zirulnick, Middle East editor at the Christian Science Monitor
wrote 4 months ago: Ariel Zirulnick is Middle East editor at The Christian Science Monitor. In this interview, conducted … more →
Q&A with Ness Shortley, editor of the News of Orange County
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wrote 6 months ago: Ness Clarke Shortley is the editor of the News of Orange County, a weekly newspaper in Hillsborough, … more →
Michael Crichton on working with an editor
wrote 7 months ago: Come join www.facebook.com/affektsc for articles, interviews, quotes, competition notifications, and … more →
With a friend like Harry (who needs enemies)?
wrote 8 months ago: Lately I’ve read that the American remake of (2000 / French) Strangers- On – A – T … more →
Notes: Brilliant establishing scene / set-up: WAR GAMES (1983):
wrote 8 months ago: We never see these characters again in the movie after this ultimately HAIR-RAISING pre-credit seque … more →
Notes: THE WARRIORS (1979) - ALTERNATE OPENING:
wrote 8 months ago: For the finished film, Hill obviously decided re-shoot the opening with the characters in shadow, us … more →
3 movies that certainly inspired THE HUNGER GAMES:
wrote 8 months ago: While I certainly wouldn’t call The Hunger Games “a ripoff”, if for no other reaso … more →
Rewriting is Writing
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Raw character scene deleted from TERMINATOR (1983):
wrote 8 months ago: This interesting deleted scene from the original Terminator pushed the main characters to a raw, rev … more →
INCREDIBLY CLEVER bit of writing from THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER:
wrote 8 months ago: What gets me in this clip is Connery’s “book critique” to Baldwin in the middle of … more →
Book Review: Redirect - by Timothy Wilson
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wrote 9 months ago: Redirect – by Timothy Wilson Everyone gets something different out of a book. The opinions her … more →
It's OK to change your mind. Let me tell you a story!
wrote 9 months ago: At Ethos, we have been talking about the value of storytelling for years. We urge, plead and (someti … more →
Reading for the Music
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wrote 1 year ago: Reading for the Music By Natalie Bright Successful authors tell us over and over again to write ever … more →
Rewriting and Revising: Different editing species of the same genus
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wrote 1 year ago: Horrible titling, I know, but it’s better than just ‘Rewriting and Revising’. Rewr … more →
