Ahead of their session at the national conference, we asked Zanne Klingenberg a few questions about what it means to be a neurodivergent editor and some strategies to ensure collaboration and productivity while accommodating oneself.
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Explaining POV to New Writers
Written by Lisa Hislop | Copy edited by Lisa Guglielmi
In this article, Lisa shares how to help new writers understand and choose suitable points of view. You can attend Lisa’s session, Helping Your Author Pick a POV That Pops, at the 2024 Editors Canada Conference.
When a writer asks me to explain narrative point-of-view (POV), they’re not looking for a definition. They’ve done their research and understand the main differences between first-person and third. Where they’re stuck is the glossary of associated terms: limits of perception, degree of objectivity, narrative distance, and narrative bias. They want to know how these aspects relate to each other and the POV they’ve chosen for their story.
To give them a complete grounding, I invite them to translate the POV of a story, which I’ll illustrate here for you to use in guiding your writers.
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Written by Erica Machulak and copy edited by Mahima Bhagwat
This blog post is a teaser for the author’s workshop session at the 2024 Editors Canada Conference. Register online to attend “Face Time: Transform Your Business by Talking to Your Clients” and join us as we test drive the ideas below with practical exercises and discussion.
If you hope to grow your business, raise your rates, and discover new services that you might offer, my best advice is that you meet with every new client before you agree to work with them. This initial conversation sets the tone for your future work together and gives you valuable information before you commit to the project. When clients get to know you, they are more likely to hire you again, refer their friends, and come to you when they need something different from what you have already provided.
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What: Student networking event for Editors BC student affiliate members
When: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free
You’re invited to a 90-minute online networking event on Saturday, May 11, to meet other student affiliates, share your knowledge and successes, and learn from your peers.
Continue readingEditors BC 2024 AGM, Elections, and Social
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free
Please join us for our annual general meeting on May 15, when Editors BC will be holding elections to fill vacancies on the 2024–2025 branch executive. Details are listed below.
Continue readingEditors BC General Meeting: New Guest Speaker and Presentation Topic
When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members
Food and travel writing: A journalist’s story
Don Genova’s editing experience has ranged from being severely edited (his first-ever story for the Toronto Star) to editing student writing in his Food and Travel Writing course at UBC. Along the way, he’s trained new journalists in supervisory roles and judged many writing competitions for various food and travel writing organizations.
Continue readingUpdate: Editors BC General Meeting
Editors BC wishes to announce that Being an Indigenous Writer: Expectations, Realities, and Opportunities, scheduled for April 17, 2024, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances with our guest speaker.
Please watch out for more updates regarding this month’s meeting.
For more inquiries regarding the upcoming monthly meeting, email our programs chair.
Being an Indigenous Writer: Expectations, Realities, and Opportunities
When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members
While Jenn Ashton has always been a writer, only for the past decade has she considered herself an Indigenous writer, a label borne of perspective and opportunity and shaped by perception and expectation. While being an Indigenous writer felt stifling at first, Jenn has discovered the extraordinary benefits of Two-Eyed Seeing (one eye seeing two perspectives, Western and Indigenous). She will share the realities and opportunities available to Indigenous writers everywhere.
Continue readingVolunteer Spotlight: Michelle Hardy
Editors BC is proud to spotlight our February volunteer, Michelle Hardy. Michelle volunteers as a Blue Pencil editor. In this interview, Justin Chevrier, Editors BC’s volunteer coordinator, asks Michelle about her proudest editing moment, her favourite punctuation mark, and more.
What or who makes you laugh out loud?
Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek. I love her confidence and style, her syntax and vocabulary.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Cookies.
What is your dream vacation destination? Why?
Italy. I look forward to exploring Italian food, art, architecture, and coastline and listening to the language.
Continue readingEditors BC General Meeting: Learn More About the 2024 Editors Canada Conference in Vancouver
When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members
This month, you’re invited to a sneak preview of the upcoming 2024 Editors Canada conference (Vancouver, June 21 to 23). In this informal meeting, local conference organizers will share ideas and updates about an exciting range of conference activities. Members giving presentations or workshops may also share brief overviews, hinting at the range of topics and depth of discussion this conference will cover.
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