Margie Warrell quotes in her article on the “impostor syndrome”, the award-winning novelist and poet Maya Angelou in her own words, “I have written eleven books so far, but at every moment I think to myself: Uh, they will find
Scientific language has to focus mainly on clarity. If you include a new term, define it. For the sake of clarity, don’t worry about repetitions (for example, using words that end in –ly, -ing, etc.). In general works, it’s merely
TAKING NOTES Use a notebook with sheets of paper that can be replaced and archived. Leave a blank margin for annotations and questions. When you start, write the date and the subject. Write in a readable handwriting. Use proper language.
Symbols and markings The copy editor will submit to his client a list of symbols and markings used during corrections, together with their explanation. For the reference, you can consult the symbols recommended by José Martínez de Sousa in the
In lexical, morphological, syntactic and ortho-typographic corrections, the supreme authority that dictates the standards of the Spanish language is the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) and its most recent publications. The application of these norms has to be flexible and take
Copy-editing is a technical work that requires scrupulosity, precision and regular consulting of the previously made decisions. It is not a science, but rather a scientifically-based art. Inside a policy framework and certain rules of expression, there are many possible
When it comes to interviewing a person, it’s better to do it in short lines, giving a faithful and unmistakable image of the interviewee. It would be great if the interviewer could highlight some of the character’s distinctive features, something
The interview, which is simultaneously a news item and a commentary, has some particularly special characteristics. Traditionally, the interview consists of presenting a lifestyle, customs, ideas, and other elements of a character, of which the public only partly knows. Actors,
When writing about a crime, the most important question to answer is why, if the crime was committed by a well-known person. If it’s a robbery, the news item has to start by mentioning what was stolen. One hundred million
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