Editing Websites

Sites that focus on proofreding or editing

• ACE Copyediting - Includes help with grammar and spelling, citation examples, thesauri, dictionaries, encyclopedias, writing and editing guides, articles and manuals.
• American Copy Editors Society - Focus on journalism. Membership and conference information, as well as training, job and internship listings, a survey, and a page of advice.
• Archives of COPYEDITING-L - Copy editing listserv archives. Registration required.
• Common Proofreading Symbols and Abbreviations
• Copy Desk Cafe - Ranting, raving, resources for copy editors. A place for copy editors, page designers and anyone else involved in print journalism productions to trade tips, find out about job openings, share wild stories and get to know each other.
• Copy Editor - Language newsletter, website and job search for copy editors.
• Editorial Freelancers Association - The professional resource for editorial freelancers. EFA is a national, nonprofit, professional organization of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries. Its members are editors, writers, indexers, proofreaders, researchers, desktop publishers, translators, and others who offer a broad range of skills and specialties.
• Editing-Service.com
• Editing Tips — Common Grammar Problems.
• Edit-Work.com - Guidelines for creating a style for the company web site, and for editorial procedures. Gives the big picture for content managers.
• How to Proofread and Edit Your Writing
• The Electric Editors - Directory of links and an email discussion list for editors.
• How To Edit Your Own Writing - A detailed 11-point checklist to aid you in editing your own writing.
• Magazine Copy Editing - A course syllabus in magazine copy editing and other information about the profession of copy editing. By Mindy McAdams.
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - Writing Argumentative Essays. This online guide offers help in discovering, organizing, revising, and editing your writing -of special interest to English composition students and instructors.
• Poynter.org - Job specific resources for copy editors.
• Proofread - Books to read, books to write; Links to those who do it right: Your Internet resource for proofreading and online publishing.
• ProofreadingOnline.com
• The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors contains The Curmudgeon's Stylebook, which is a thorough guide to the many things that can go wrong in print. This is a newspaper editor who tells all.
• Testy Copy Editors - Newspaper copy editors and their fans talk shop.
• Yahoo Groups: Copy Editors - This group is dedicated to copy editors, those people on the front line of journalism and publishing whose job it is to get other people's work into good enough shape that it causes as little embarrassment as possible.
• Editing Paragraphs - list of things to check

Evaluating your writing:

• Writing to Persuade - in easy-to-understand language
• 6 Trait Analytical Model - comprehensive explanation
• Kid Language Writing Rubrics - written so eighth graders would understand
• Writing Rubric - kid friendly 5 point scale

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