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#editing

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Jeff Kart

“admitting that you’re not understanding something is completely okay”—and often necessary, to do the job of journalism well. #amen #journalism #postjournalism #writing #editing #reporting #SciEd

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The Open Notebook · Come Again? How to Steer Scientist Sources Away from Jargon - The Open NotebookNavigating an interview with a scientist doesn’t just take prep and good interviewing skills. The hurdles can be psychological, too, requiring reporters to summon the nerve to interrupt and admit holes in their own knowledge. Every journalist, no matter how prepared, will at some point have to confront a conversation with a scientist that’s so dense with jargon, it’s almost unintelligible. But pressing sources to speak more plainly isn’t a weakness; it's a strength—essential to crafting a story that will resonate with readers.
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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist

RegEx for Speedy Story Revision

Here are the current iteration of these two RegEx search strings. I will update this post to keep it up to date. The \b requires a beginning- or end-of-word to maximize exact matches. The (?: ) is a non-replacing grouping for multiple words with similar issues, and for he/she matches. Depending on your writing, you may want to change the pronouns to he|she|it|they. Both RegEx rely on NOT selecting Case Sensitive for searches.

  • Negative Protection and Homonyms:

can\b|can't|can not|could\b|couldn't|cannot|shall\b|shan'|shall not|shoud\b|shouldn't|should not|would not|\bwould\b|\bwouldn't|\bwith\b|without|write\b|\bright|lead\b|\bled\b|lede|choose|chose|lose|loose

  • Weasel and Hedge Words:

ly\b|\babout\b|almost|already|barely|\bbit\b|begin|\bbegan\b|\can|certain|generally|\bguess|\bjust\b|kind|\blike|maybe|mostly|near|course|pretty|perhaps|possibly|potentially|really|probably|\bseem|\bsome\b|sort|start|\bstill\b|surprisingly|suppose|\bthink\b|usually|could|\bsaw\b|\bheard\b|\bfelt\b|\bknew\b|\bread\b|noticed|recognized|\band\b|\bbut\b|(?:I|he|she) could (?:see|hear|taste|touch)|(?:I|he|she) (?:saw|hear|knew|read|felt|noticed|recognized) that|you can|made certain

If you use #Scrivener, this is the procedure for turning these searches into Binder/Left-sidebar buttons on the Mac, though probably similar on Windows:

  1. Click the combo-button for Search.
  2. Select Search in Project.
  3. Copy-Paste a RegEx string and press Enter.
  4. Note to the left inside the search control there is a magnifier and a combo-button. Open it. Select at minimum RegEx. I also select the name of my drafts folder, which is Manuscript, and Text so only what I want to revise is shown in the binder. Turn off Case Sensitive if on.
  5. Click Save Search as Collection.
  6. Provide a name in the dialog (it initially displays the RegEx string).
  7. Click View > Binder (if not already check marked).
  8. Click View > Collections (if not already check marked).

If you need to update a collection, use this procedure:

  1. Click the RegEx search collection in the binder. This displays it in the search control.
  2. Copy it from the search control.
  3. Press the minus button in the + - shown to the right of Collections. This deletes only the selected existing search collection. There is no way to directly update a search collection.
  4. Paste your revision.
  5. Follow the first set of instructions to recreate the collection.

On the iPad and iPhone, RegEx search exists but only finds a single word or phrase at a time. Disappointing, but it works. You will find RegEx which you tap gear icon when using Find. You can't save the search, but I put it in the Notes app so I can reference it easily.

The image shows Weasel and Hedge Words in use. In the top left, you'll see the search box with the RegEx, and below it my two collections which are titled 🔍Positives and Negatives and 🔍Weasel and Hedge Words. Note the highlights. Desktop Scrivener shows all matches, making quick review and revision a snap. I've added "and" and "but" and "ly" to highlight overuse of conjunctions and adverbs. There's also double-word error highlighted.

May your editing, revising, and review be simple and swift!

#BoostingIsSharing

The image is a screen capture of Scrivener running with a RegEx search turned on. Some words are highlighted in purple, and is of little use if you aren't sighted. I am not sure the app has accessibility features or whether the highlights are pronounced by a screen reader.
#Writer#Author#WritingCommunity
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RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸

Originally I started making all my videos look old, like they were film or a VHS running on an old TV, as a way to both save storage space as I could use 24 FPS, and lower res, and not have it look like garbage, as well as a form of artistic expression as I just thought it looked cool.

I now have more storage, and I think I'll keep doing it anyway.

Makes my Videos on #scoopz stand out as nobody else seems to have a similar style.

#art#contentcreation#socialmedia
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RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸

Some days the #news is just so MESSED UP I freeze and don't know what #videos to make.

Today's one of those days.

I only have the focus to make about two or three. Otherwise I spend all day researching and trying to record a #rant that is satisfying to me.

The #editing process is actually the easy part - takes me about 5 minutes to add filters and effects, and whatever outro I choose.

Narrowing down what's most important is hard.

More cooffffeee.

#humor#contentcreation#socialmedia
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AmazingMeagen

Technical writing/editing advice request:

If seeking copyright permission to use a technical graphic image but the copyright holder, a registered charity:
- doesn't acknowledge/reply to enquiry emails to multiple vaguely relevant departments
- has disconnected phone numbers
- relevant employees i.e. knowledge manager, doesn't respond to social media connection request

? What next steps should I take?
? Suggested work around?

What I'm seeking to use is foundational.
#Writing
#Editing

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🇳🇿 Shayne Parkinson

Ugh, rabbit hole. I was checking a reference book for some details re Auckland University's Old Arts Building (back in the 1920s when it was the Very New Arts Building), when I stumbled across almost a throwaway remark about the involvement of the registrar of the day with the university rugby club. I spent the rest of the afternoon tracking down details of said involvement, so that I could correct and rewrite ... one paragraph.

No wonder it takes me so long to finish a book :)

#editing
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Philipp Defner

One would think that digital image organizing is a solved problem by now but it's still a hassle.

"Lightroom Classic", only on the desktop.

"Lightroom", everywhere but missing basic features like syncing your albums everywhere, had to find out through some forum posts that "smart albums" just don't sync, while regular ones do. Multiple export presets apparently don't exist?

None of them have a workflow to integrate with iCloud Photos. Recommendations?

#macos#lightroom#editing
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Robert Kingett

Just edited a short story where the main character was clearly an author insert but I was experiencing a whole new culture and intersectional story so felt as if everything was fresh, so now I think readers don't know the difference between an author insert and a Mary Sue. Besides, this author insert died at the end after having absolutely nothing go right for him, at all, in the story so, well, I wanted to give the writer a hug because if he thinks this is his future he needs one! #Editing #Editor

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