#Editors of #fiction, you've heard about @AmyJSchneider's new book The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction. Should you get it? Wonder no more! Longtime editing pro Adrienne Montgomerie says she even quotes passages of it to her university #editing students! https://tinyurl.com/y27jauz6
The editing tip I submitted to the ACES Editors Corner was featured in today's email:
"If you come across a misspelling in a manuscript, do a search for that same misspelling. It could be a one-off typo, but there's a good chance the author misspelled that word elsewhere. Search for it as soon as you come across it. Or put it on a list of words to search later so you don’t forget."
Today is a regular workday, except that I'm listening to one song from The Tortured Poets Department during each Pomodoro break. Anyone else listening to it today?
"Generative extend" is a fantastic example of actually useful AI feature. We've all been there with shots that we need to hold for just a liiiittle bit longer but can't. Now we should be able to. #editing#filmmaking
I wonder if I should rewrite the first scene in this book. I get a “feeling” that it might not pull enough, even thought it works. I trust my feelings enough to think about it.
I think typos and other errors have been told to travel in pairs so it's more likely that one will sneak through while the other is attracting all the attention. Clever little things.
I think typos and other errors have been told to travel in pairs so it's more likely that one will sneak through while the other is attracting all the attention. Clever little thing.
I’m still working through editing the next book. This one definitely needs fewer rewrites. The story holds up well. There are, of course, things I want to fix.
QC at this nation's biggest broadcaster, operating since 1953:
"there's a glitch at TC 01:27:00:00"
Me: "that's out of bounds, the programme is 14m long"
Broadcaster: "oh, sorry, we threw all the episodes on a single timeline"
Me: 🤷♂️
This week, the annual conference for ACES: The Society for Editing will take place in San Diego. It's always one of the highlights of my year.
I'll be speaking on a panel called "Making the Invisible Visible: Editors as Changemakers" with CaTyra Polland, Cynthia Williams, and Vee White, and I'm honored to be part of such an amazing group of people.
Will you be at #ACES2024? If so, I hope to see you there!
#avid peeps: how can I use metadata from audio file names (dual system audio) as shot metadata with AutoSync? As in, turn 501-2t04.wav into Episode 5, scene 1, take 4 of setup 2.
I asked at Avid Forums but the post hasn't been approved in a week (fun! Even their forums do not work properly!)