What are the best online and print/book resources for English language editors? Also, any current or past editors, do you have any knowledge, wisdom, tricks, hacks, for an editing newbie, which you would like to share? Thanks.
posted by barrakuda on Dec 14, 2009 - 10 answers

How can I get writing and editing contracts in Australia? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 8, 2009 - 2 answers

WriterFilter: I need help organizing this large, sprawling, and motley set of Word files into the first draft of a novel. [more inside]
posted by sister nunchaku of love and mercy on Oct 19, 2009 - 14 answers

How do you write for your blog? I'm just starting out and would like to know how others approach writing and editing ...and maybe if there is a secret Bloggers Bible no one's told me about? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 14, 2009 - 22 answers

Where might I find real-life examples of 300-700-word pieces of prose that are neither perfect nor unsalvageable — "problematic," let's say — on which I can practice the craft of editing? [more inside]
posted by colinmarshall on Aug 7, 2009 - 25 answers

I need a recommendation for an instructional book on putting together a memoir. I already have a good portion of it written. The area I need help with is what to do with the various experiences that I've written about. Right now it's a bunch of stories with a central theme. I need to pull it together and make it a book in other words.
posted by adfeb on Mar 1, 2009 - 2 answers

Will I ever be able to draw an excellent marginal brace without going to graduate school? [more inside]
posted by fantine on Feb 10, 2009 - 20 answers

In search of collaborative editing software -- online (cloud) preferred -- for a small/medium-sized news department. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 9, 2009 - 4 answers

What's valued more in the freelance marketplace: editing or Web stuff? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 30, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm very interested in becoming an editor, please help...yes, I've read the previous posts. [more inside]
posted by nikksioux on May 16, 2008 - 33 answers

I’ve always wanted to be a writer. Always wanted… but never actually worked towards it, so I have no writing-specific experience or training. I’d like to transition to a career that somehow involves writing, but I’m not sure how I can get my foot in the door. [more inside]
posted by Metroid Baby on Feb 29, 2008 - 12 answers

I am applying to grad school. The deadline is approaching. Where can I go to get my letter of intent (personal statement) read and critiqued? [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Oct 24, 2007 - 16 answers

I've just finished my first novel, now how do I revise this thing? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 26, 2007 - 17 answers

I need some tips for writing fiction that's appealing. [more inside]
posted by gregb1007 on Jul 27, 2007 - 33 answers

Can you think of any examples of "disjointed" writing -- writing with abrupt transitions -- that works? Faulkners Sound and Fury is a good example but shorter pieces are better for my purposes. Can be fiction or non-fiction. [more inside]
posted by Aghast. on Sep 27, 2006 - 17 answers

Has anyone vastly improved -- or just changed -- someone else's already published writing by editing? [more inside]
posted by callmejay on Aug 30, 2006 - 25 answers

I'm a professional writer and book editor. I'd like to buy an Apple Mini and at long last get out of the grips of Microsoft. This means I want to use Pages as well. Does anyone have experience converting from Word to Pages.? [more inside]
posted by partner on Jul 19, 2006 - 16 answers

Show me the way to other writing critique web sites, where there are red-lined drafts of writing samples, or even better, rewrites of less-than-stellar writing. [more inside]
posted by Khalad on Jun 5, 2006 - 10 answers

Career change advice sought! Help me make the switch to editing/publishing. [more inside]
posted by Miko on Apr 14, 2006 - 5 answers

Is emacs worth learning? [more inside]
posted by bonaldi on Oct 3, 2005 - 47 answers

Does anyone have any experience or first-hand knowledge about working for the AcademicWord company? Is it a legitimate operation or is it too good to be true? I'm confident I have the skills, do they pay their bills? (MI) [more inside]
posted by loquacious on May 23, 2005 - 2 answers

I want to be a better writer, but I don't like laboring over every sentence until what I was trying to communicate is dead, dead, dead. How do you self-edit for your website, memos, or letters?
posted by pomegranate on Jun 17, 2004 - 45 answers