Week 2

Once again, I went in for only about an hour to my internship. Again, I extracted an exerpt and the tables of contents of books FIT is putting on their web site. I turned in a manuscript I finished proofing, and was handed another.

Today, I will just check in at their office and then head home to proofread the new book I have. It is part of a series of books this office has published so there are plenty of resources I can look to for specific points on style. I remeber from ENGL 302 that there is a word for that type of material, I just forget what it is. Regardless of name, it is invaluable material to be able to look over to see if the series capitalizes this, prefers italics or quotes, etc.

I'm putting in quite a few hours each week. Being able to sit down at anytime of day or night (usually before most people wake up) to proofread or edit allows me to chunk my time, really saving me a lot in the end.

Week 1

I went into my internship with Fitness Information Technologies (F.I.T.) on Wednesday for the first time to do actual work. I'd gone once before for an interview and was given a few lines to edit as a sort of test so they could see what I actually knew. That time I found myself knowing there was a problem with some of the document, but forgetting exactly how to fix it.

This time around though, I have references at my disposal, so once I see a problem, if I don't know the right solution, I can look it up. What they use is primarily the Chicago Manual of Style rules, but as much of what they work with is journal articles, APA is also prevalent.

I worked on the computer in their offices for about an hour uploading exerpts of older books and tables of contents onto their website. Then I was handed a manuscript (I guess that's what its called at this stage) to work on throughout the week and have finished editing by this coming Wednesday when I will meet with them again. So far it's going well but is taking what seems like forever.