Barbara Walraff comments, “copyeditors spend most of their day, every day polishing, so they can do this work more efficiently than just about anybody else, and they can always do it in a way that is appropriate to the publication. I think the most important thing copyeditors do is straighten out tangled, confusing, ungrammatical sentences.” It takes a special type of person to love punctuation and grammar and spelling, and not everyone is cut out for the job.
Copyediting simply is not a temp job. Long hours, low pay, and high stress are not adjectives many picture when fantasizing about their dream professions.
“The problem with copyediting – and the downside to the job – is that it is a relentlessly negative, critical job. I mean, you try
Copyediting simply is not a temp job. Long hours, low pay, and high stress are not adjectives many picture when fantasizing about their dream professions.
“The problem with copyediting – and the downside to the job – is that it is a relentlessly negative, critical job. I mean, you try