The Editing Podcast

Learn about becoming a professional academic editor with guest Hester Higton.

• The journey from academia to editing
• How editors support academics
• Specific skills needed
• Acquiring training
• Different types and sources of clients
• Academic voice
• Ethical issues and AI

Find out more about Hester:

• Website: academicedit.co.uk
• Email: [email protected]

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Learn how to hone your presentation skills at online and in-person conferences, professional awaydays and webinars.

• Starting with a strong title
• Mapping out the structure
• Clarifying learning outcomes
• Numbering session sections
• Keeping slides decluttered
• Offering a transcript
• Making decisions about scripting
• Handling questions
• Practising out loud
• Crafting an introduction

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Learn about why including testimonials in your online spaces is likely to do lovely things for your editing and proofreading business.

• How to ask for testimonials
• Making it easy for clients
• Effective testimonials
• Where to put testimonials
• Visibility
• Different approaches to showcasing feedback
• Embedding testimonial-gathering into business practice

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
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Learn how to create engaging titles for conference sessions, blog and podcast headings and email marketing subject lines.

• Being specific
• Using numbers
• Being short and snappy
• Choosing verbs wisely
• Piquing curiosity
• Targeting your audience

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Russell Harper of The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) talks about the changes to the 18th edition.

• The international appeal of CMOS
• Balancing editorial logic and real-world usage
• Revision decision-making process
• Reversing stylistic decisions in CMOS
• Capitalization of identity markers and CMOS
• Singlular 'they' and CMOS
• Fiction and creative genres in CMOS guidance
• Citations and CMOS
• Keeping up to date with changes in the publishing world

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Discover how to use a marketing buddy to conquer overwhelm and get your editing and proofreading business promotion moving.

1. Sharing the problem of marketing inertia
2. Why feeling nervous about marketing with someone else can be empowering
3. Finding a marketing buddy: Forums, groups and professional development events
4. Making space for marketing anxiety
5. Researching your preferred promotion methods
6. Planning business promotion
7. Ideas for you to work on together: Content, events and presentations

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

1. Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
2. Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How can human editors and proofreaders remain relevant when AI capability is improving exponentially? Listen to find out more about:

• Emotional intelligence and sensitivity
• The ability to be subjective
• Focusing on the writer as well as the writing
• Service opportunities
• Being present in person
• Unique personal and business identities

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Learn about what to check when proofreading page proofs prior to publication.

• What designed page proofs are
• What to check in the prelims
• What to check in the main text
• What to check in the end matter
• Which sections to check first

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Find out about 5 core character roles within a novel, and how the purpose they serve ensures the story stays focused.

Listen to find out more about:

• 5 key character roles in fiction
• The character role hierarchy
• Why protagonists aren't always heroes
• Why antagonists aren't always villains
• Why even minor characters should have a function
• How understanding the hierarchy helps authors and editors give appropriate head-space to the appropriate characters

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Should editors offer free discovery calls? Our three-step discovery process will help you deliver the process effectively.

• What a discovery call is
• Benefits of discovery calls
• Time and money considerations
• Managing unqualified leads
• Scope creep
• Emotional labour
• Three-step discovery process: Web page, email, call

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

• Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
• Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/