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.
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One good practice for you to consider trying is to create style sheets as you work on these manuscripts. That is, write down the specific types of "problems" you're identifying in the manuscripts as well as the specific decisions you're making on "questions" in the manuscript. You'll then have this document both as your own reference and as a document that you can possibly show to the author to explain your decisions, explain where you're finding answers to the problems, what "rules" you're referencing.
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