Do you love to write or edit and love biology? There are a number of career options that allow you to combine these two passions. First, ask yourself whether you love scientific writing or love ...

Editing can be challenging, especially when you’re deeply invested in your writing. Often, it’s hard to identify what needs fixing. AI tools like AutoCrit and ChatGPT are transforming the editing ...

Last week, a friend who's been reading these "memmos" sent me an email that he's held on to for 13 years. The message was written by Hal Ritter, a former managing editor of the Money and News sections ...

With guest host Jane Clayson. They call her the Comma Queen. Lessons on life and language with the New Yorker’s ultimate grammar editor, Mary Norris. Some standard copy editing marks on an essay.

When I review all of the many pitches sent to Bustle each day, there are a few patterns that tend to emerge: 1) people are really mad at their exes, 2) people often haven't thought enough about how to ...

That or which? Lie or lay? And where does that pesky comma go? The woman — or girl — who’s built a personal empire around guiding students and professionals through the thickets of grammar and usage ...

This handy robotic editing tool finds mistakes and grades your writing. A Web-based companion to Write or Die, EditMinion is similar to After the Deadline. This writer’s companion doesn’t track your ...

Editing corrects issues at the core of writing like sentence construction, paragraph structure and language clarity. Editing is best carried out a few days after you have completed your first draft.

Professional writers and novelists don't work alone. They almost always rely on early readers, editors and proofreaders who turn their manuscripts into polished products. But what about executives and ...

We applaud Bob Greene for assailing the low-grade content and style of modern journalism. After reading such accurate but unintelligible (or intelligent) quotes as “we was gonna go. . .” and “I was, ...