Posting for last week:
The internship is winding down now. For most of these larger projects, while it is good to get as many sets of eyes on a piece as possible, it is best if the same people can review the whole thing. Consistency is a primary goal of copyediting/proofreading, so if I were to start a project and do, say, four chapters, the next person to look at the work and do the next chapters may take, unintentionally and for better or worse, a different direction with the minutiae making two sections of the book inconsistent.
I was, however, given six chapters of a new edition of a book to copyedit. I've tried to use "comment" as much as possible on points that I may not get to see again to try and keep it consistent. I filled out some paperwork to become one of their freelance copyeditors/proofreaders, and am superpumped about that as I can work from wherever and communicate via email. So, hopefully, I will be the one to continue editing this edition so I can make sure I maintain consistency. Just in case, though, there are quite a few "comments" to the side of the piece. Now, especially, at the end of the semester when real things are becoming due, time management is crucial for me. Projects and papers for several classes are just about falling over one another and I'm trying to work at my "real" (though crappy) job as much as possible these few days so I can do as little as possible just after graduation. So in order to finish the chapters by the time I leave, I need to priortize and work in large blocks of time on individual projects. We'll see how it goes.
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I'm not saying anything that you obviously don't already know, but you've made an important first step in time/project management by listing all the different projects you need to complete and prioritizing the various tasks you need to do in order to finish each one.
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