#editingSFF

Theo Transcendragons

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social

9 months ago

Text: Editing (crossed out word Bongo) Bingo What have you corrected in your work? Column 1 1: Sudden Inspiration Causes Re-Writing, Surprise Plot Hole, What was I even saying here?, [Name] to Make Up Later, Adverb Overuse Column 2: Mismatched Formatting, Mixed up Character Names, Many Repeat Words, Inadvertent Teleporting Characters, Must cut down Words Column 3: Convoluted Sentence Structures, Mismatch in detail descriptions, Free Space, Too many filler words, Forgot Setting Details Column 4: Anachronistic Language or Setting Details, Character Lore Inconsistent, Over-Written, Wrong Name Spelling, Accidental Misgendering / Mixed Up Pronouns, Awkward [Lack of] Paragraph Breaks Column 5: Character Lore Inconsistent, Random Tense Changes, [Insert scene here later], Under-Written, Forgot that Character was also there Theodore Snapdragon @transcendragons, Made in Canva Background is crumpled paper with different vague editing related symbols on it like pens and such.

Made an editing Bingo to celebrate editing and querying! How many bingos do you get from your editing experience?

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S.B. Milne

@sbmilneca.bsky.social

1 year ago

Proofreading SFF requires a whole different mindset. You not only need to learn dozens of new words, but you have to be able to recognize misspellings of those made-up words, which loosely follow grammar rules like:

LL before X, unless after Z, but L-L with an accented YI. 😕

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