The subject changes. The standard persists.
My first deliberate use of AI came a year or so ago at work, when the company decided to push the use of Copilot, which Microsoft introduced almost as a novelty through their unsubtle infiltration and saturation of the market. Copilot evokes a power-mad Clippy on steroids constantly getting in the way of your cursor,... Continue Reading →
Part 2 of The Subversive Copy Editor switches gears from how to work with the writer for the benefit of the reader to how to manage yourself and others.
More advice from the Subversive Copy Editor.
"When you are given some copy to edit, the writing comes with a writer attached." -Carol Fisher Saller
One of the hardest lessons to learn as a copyeditor is to know when to leave well enough alone.
Jennifer Merchán | Editor 