I have creative mind but. i hate checking my grammar. Looking for someone who likes to do that part. I have 20 or stories to post but I need an editor to just proof and make suggestion or changes.
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There are people who LIKE checking grammar? :P
You never heard of masochism? There are people here who get off on suffering...
I know checking grammar is a bit extreme even for most on here...in fact, if I recall correctly, checking grammar was specifically banned by the Geneva Convention some years back...
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There are people who LIKE checking grammar? :P
*Raises hand hesitantly*
It's not that I like it, it's that I don't mind it. Unless it's atrocious.
And I volunteered for this one, because I'm an editor elsewhere too.
That was my point. I would group myself under a header of "I don't mind it" but I wouldn't go as far as to say I like it. :P
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I have creative mind but. i hate checking my grammar. Looking for someone who likes to do that part. I have 20 or stories to post but I need an editor to just proof and make suggestion or changes.
Post to my profile.
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I have a creative mind, but[. i][1] I[2] hate checking my grammar. I am[3] looking for someone who likes to do that part. I have 20 or so stories to post but I need an editor to [just][4] proof and make suggestions or changes.
Post to my profile.[5]
1. Remove the unnecessary period and lowercase letter i.
2. The personal pronoun I is always capitalized.
3. 'I am' should be added to repair the sentence fragment.
4. The word 'just' needs to be removed for two reasons: First, it creates a split infinitive, and second, it fosters the notion that the corrections will be a simple matter.
5. No please or thank you?
I'm not applying for the job, just having a bit of fun. You might want to take No. 5 into consideration when posting a request for assistance.
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You might want to take No. 5 into consideration when posting a request for assistance.
Precisely why I didn't respond at all. Manners are still important in this day and age, people seem to forget them too readily.
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Thanks for volunteering oht.
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[s]I actually contacted him back in April and he said he'd get back to me but never did. At least he won't be short of help if he does get round to it :P[/s]
EDIT - no wait, different guy, oops
EDIT - no wait, different guy, oops
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Thanks for volunteering oht.
Better him than me, btw...
Believe it or not, I actually did edit a story for someone here on Lush...I'm not particularly anxious to do it again...
"Online Lovers First Date" by Redhotmommacita was edited by me...the story actually did quite well for her, even putting her on the Top Author list at the time...here's the link...
http://www.lushstories.com/stories/love-stories/online-lovers-first-date.aspx
At the time, Mary had posted the story originally as a two-part story on another site where basically "anything goes"...when she brought it over here to Lush, put the two parts together and submitted it, it got rejected by Lush...and she was looking for someone to edit it, so...since I was one of the people who told her about Lush...I volunteered...
It was interesting, but I found it a bit tedious...you have to consider that Mary grew up in Puerto Rico, and writing in English is a bit "secondary" to her...
I found the whole editing process tedious, as mentioned, but my "edits" were mostly structural in nature...there were very few spots where I actually had to change the wording, only in a few areas where I thought what she wrote was unclear...
What I'm getting at, is I think that if someone whose main language in not English, can get a story posted with a few "structural" changes, it should not be that hard for anyone here that is a native English speaker...
What I found from editing her story, and what I mean by "structural" changes were mainly things like making sure there was a period at the end of every sentence, and consistency in the number of spaces between sentences...which I now know should be one space (something I learned this year)...and, a big one, stuff like starting a new paragraph every time someone new speaks, and not putting two speakers in the same paragraph...I think one of the things beginning writers tend to not do enough is start a new paragraph...my own philosophy is "If in doubt, start a new paragraph"...
Those were the two biggest issues she seemed to have...and again, from someone whose first language is not English...
I've said it before on here, I don't really like to give advice (after all, who am I?)...but, I really do believe the whole writing process on a site like Lush, which is specifically designed so that amateur writers can get a chance to post there stories, should not be a difficult one...it certainly should not resemble rocket science...
I just think there should be some sort of simplified check list, if there is not already...and I'm not aware of it if there is, that people can go through...
Something along the lines of...
1. Is there a period at the end of each sentence?
2. Is there one space between each sentence?
3. Is there a new paragraph each time another person speaks?
5. Does the story make sense?
4. Did you run it through Spell-check?
You get the idea...I think it should really be almost a requirement before people go looking for editors...because really, I think most people can, or should be able at least, to do their own editing...
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You get the idea...I think it should really be almost a requirement before people go looking for editors...because really, I think most people can, or should be able at least, to do their own editing...
Of course if they feel the need to respond to your checklist by saying "what's a sentence" then they should skip it and go straight to the help desk
Quote by Mistress_of_wordsQuote by DirtyMartini
You get the idea...I think it should really be almost a requirement before people go looking for editors...because really, I think most people can, or should be able at least, to do their own editing...
Of course if they feel the need to respond to your checklist by saying "what's a sentence" then they should skip it and go straight to the help desk
Does my attempt fall into the go straight to the help desk? lol
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I have not edited jackshit in over a year. Consequently I have not experienced any 1 or 2 bombs on my old library of poetry or badly written stories...in the same time frame. Course...it's been about that long since Nicola let me retire too.
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i must confess i am one who likes to write but i am not good at finishing my stories with gramma and puntuation and spelling, i would love to find a editor that will not dissappear on me as my last one did.
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If u like vampires or angel's and straight sex stories then please post on my profile.
cant wait to meet you.
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i must confess i am one who likes to write but i am not good at finishing my stories with gramma and puntuation and spelling, i would love to find a editor that will not dissappear on me as my last one did.
If u like vampires or angel's and straight sex stories then please post on my profile.
cant wait to meet you.
angel777 XXX
Babe, it isn't the editor's job to clean up your story and correct the grammar, punctuation and spelling. All of those things, and more, are related to the basic structure of a story or poem, and if they are all messed up, it is not the task of an editor to straighten them out.
If those things are so badly messed up, then it is up to the author to learn how to write with some semblance of competence and coherency.
Make an effort and learn the basics. Please.
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Well said, Gypsy. Editing maybe dridgery, but it is part and parcel of writing. Even the rankest amateur should have the self-discipline to want to at least attempt to properly format and edit his or her work. It just falls under the category of pride in workmanship.
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I would take it on, but I'm already editing someone's story on here and already I'm ready to grab a bottle of Hennessy before I finish this person's story so it's at least passes for one. Oy, I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. Where's my dirty martini?
I'll be in the bar nursing my headache.
I'll be in the bar nursing my headache.
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I would take it on, but I'm already editing someone's story on here and already I'm ready to grab a bottle of Hennessy before I finish this person's story so it's at least passes for one. Oy, I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. Where's my dirty martini?
Maybe you should just post a sign on your profile that says "Will do editing for martinis"...
I like the thought that you need a bottle of Hennessy and a martini before you can start editing...let us know when this one posts...
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On the subject of editing...I just posted this over in the forum on Stories Space...
Btw, there are a lot of writers who cover the topic of editing in their blogs...there is a discussion going on about editing poems right now, and Janice Richards posted this link to her blog...she is a published author who does more than poems...
http://cjanasdreams.wordpress.com/a-writers-suggestions/
I've been recommending the writing groups on LinkedIn to anyone here who will listen...it would be nice if we can get more of that type of writing related discussion going on right here on Stories Space...
Btw, I don't necessarily endorse any of the suggestions she offers...understand that different things work for different people, and writers are most certainly a varied group...here's a quote from her blog...
"Average times proofing for a professional writer is twenty plus times."
Scary, isn't it? I do agree with her about backing up your work, and "Frequent breaks are needed. It is recommended that every 15 minutes you get up go for a walk, stretch, get something to eat do anything but it is best that you do something where you won’t be sitting."
I follow that one all the time...as I mentioned before, I rarely write more than two or three paragraphs at a time without getting up and taking a break...
Btw, there are a lot of writers who cover the topic of editing in their blogs...there is a discussion going on about editing poems right now, and Janice Richards posted this link to her blog...she is a published author who does more than poems...
http://cjanasdreams.wordpress.com/a-writers-suggestions/
I've been recommending the writing groups on LinkedIn to anyone here who will listen...it would be nice if we can get more of that type of writing related discussion going on right here on Stories Space...
Btw, I don't necessarily endorse any of the suggestions she offers...understand that different things work for different people, and writers are most certainly a varied group...here's a quote from her blog...
"Average times proofing for a professional writer is twenty plus times."
Scary, isn't it? I do agree with her about backing up your work, and "Frequent breaks are needed. It is recommended that every 15 minutes you get up go for a walk, stretch, get something to eat do anything but it is best that you do something where you won’t be sitting."
I follow that one all the time...as I mentioned before, I rarely write more than two or three paragraphs at a time without getting up and taking a break...
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When I type up my stories, I usually print them out and do some editing before I make the corrections and label which copy is what, or I'll get confused. I'll have to take a break in writing to do something more constructive/productive with my time before I come back to my story.
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Here's a link someone just posted over in one of the LinkedIn writing groups on the subject of "revision" vs. "editing"...
Someone can read it and tell us what it says...
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/style/rev-edit.htm
Someone can read it and tell us what it says...
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/style/rev-edit.htm
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Quote by Boxrbriefs10
I have creative mind but. i hate checking my grammar. Looking for someone who likes to do that part. I have 20 or stories to post but I need an editor to just proof and make suggestion or changes.
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I'm an editor from way back.
I'd be happy to accept this challenge.
Specially since in my opinion, your work don't seem to me to need no editing.
Not much any ways. Pay no mind to mag. Rascal.
I have also Ben known to pay cash for the opportunity to edit such fine work.
It's like getting your pilots license, the time spent in the air is quite valuable.
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I'd prefer it if the Writer's Resources forum were left to serious cats. Please have your fun elsewhere in the forums.
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I'm sorry nicola, again
I'm sorry nicola, again
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It's ok, I don't mind larking around in most forums / threads, but writers come to this section to learn (usually).