Final Proofreading Finesse
by Jan Fix, owner/editor I submitted this piece recently to a local publisher in hopes of creating some ground rules for final proofreads. As you may or may not realize, there are several levels of editing, the very last level is a final proofread before and after typesetting. This addresses the necessary (but not all-encompassing) elements of final proofread (after mechanical and content edits). If you are a writer or editor of any kind, it would behoove you to take...