Its the final count down!! #15

BLOG 15:

Something that I learned from editing someone else’s paper (a person at work) is that you sometimes need to take a break from looking at the paper, and then come back to it. You need to look at it with a “fresh set of eyes”. The person’s paper that I edited, sat down with me after I had edited it, and walked through it to make sure that I caught everything. She pointed out a few different areas that I added one to many commas, and I had not caught a run-on sentence. Editing can be really hard, but it is kind of rewarding after you are finished. The coaching process is necessary, especially for me in that situation because I am just trying to learn how to edit right now. One other really great thing to note while editing someone else’s paper, is to look at it from a different perspective than your own. Ask who will be reading this paper, and then once you know that information, put yourself into their shoes. You should look at it from a customer’s point of view. It is amazing how much changes when you do that! I was able to edit a paper that was 12 pages long. It was a proposal for an engineering firm, and so the terminology was harder to understand. I really liked that my “coach” aka the girl who wrote the paper, was open to giving me criticism. It is important as an editor, to take criticism and to apply it to your writing.

I am now an  EDITOR!!! What about you guys? How were your editing experiences?