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Aids and resources for creators and teachers of writing, interactive fiction, digital stories, and transmedia
Curated by Jim Lerman
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Improve Students' Writing with WriQ - Google add on to help with grammar and writing and proofreading! by Lori Gracey

Improve Students' Writing with WriQ - Google add on to help with grammar and writing and proofreading! by Lori Gracey | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it
Discover WriQ, a Google Docs add-on that automatically marks the basics in student writing so that ELA teachers can concentrate on more difficult concepts.

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Dr. Theresa Kauffman's curator insight, February 21, 2018 9:48 AM
What a great resource for writing teachers! Helps with the heavy load every English teacher experiences. A great starting place!
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Editing Tips That Will Improve The Quality Of Your Writing

Editing Tips That Will Improve The Quality Of Your Writing | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it
Careful editing can make such a difference to your writing, as there is so much more to think about than just spelling, grammar and sentence construction.

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janlgordon's curator insight, April 18, 2017 8:45 PM

I selected this article from Curatti written by Alice Elliott because she explains the importance of carefully editing your blog posts.

 

Improve your writing with quality content.

 

How to Effectively Edit Your Articles

 

It's tempting to hit the publish button right away after writing a blog post. I agree that in order to make the best of it you need to carefully look your copy over first.

 

Elliott explains the process of how to edit your articles and improve your writing at the same time.

 

Here's what caught my attention:

 

  • It's important to first do planning and research before the writing begins. Use an outline of the structure with a beginning, middle, and end.

 

  • After writing a post give yourself some time to process it. Save the editing process after you have completed your article.

 

  • Read your completed work out loud to yourself. Notice the flow of the piece, and whether there were any mistakes you may have missed.

 

Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond

 

Image: Courtesy of Alice Elliott.

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Read full article here: http://ow.ly/qtpb30aY16P

 

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Charlie Dare's curator insight, April 21, 2017 9:48 AM
From curator~ " Elliott explains the process of how to edit your articles and improve your writing at the same time. Here's what caught my attention: It's important to first do planning and research before the writing begins. Use an outline of the structure with a beginning, middle, and end. After writing a post give yourself some time to process it. Save the editing process after you have completed your article. Read your completed work out loud to yourself. Notice the flow of the piece, and whether there were any mistakes you may have missed.
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Slick Write

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Slick Write is a free tool that checks your writing for potential stylistic mistakes and other features of interest. Whether you're a blogger, novelist, or student writing an essay for school, Slick Write can help take your writing to the next level. Curious? Try a quick demo, or enter your own text in the editor tab. After submitting, four more tabs will appear at the top of the screen:

Critique - This tab contains the body of text with stylistic features highlighted.Structure - Here you will find the sentences color coded by type and length.Flow - Hold your readers' interest by maintaining good flow.Stats - This is where you will find important statistics on a variety of subjects including readability, word frequencies, and repeated phrases.

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What Being an Editor Taught Me About Writing

What Being an Editor Taught Me About Writing | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it

The truth is that spending one’s life reading good writing—not just reading it, but thinking about what makes it so good—is the best way to teach one’s self how to do it. For some people, this might mean enrolling in an MFA program. For me, I was lucky enough to learn by observing the other editors around me, and working on manuscripts as they went from rough drafts to finished books. It was the best writing education I could have received. Here are a few of the things I learned along the way:

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Editing and Editors: A Writer's Guide - Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris

Editing and Editors: A Writer's Guide - Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it
9 Ways Editors Can Make You Look Good…and 7 Ways They Can Make You Miserable by Ruth Harris   As a former editor, I’m biased but, as a writer, I’ve learned that for me (and for just about every writer I know), editing is the most productive and transformative part of writing a book. Whether …

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Dr. Helen Teague's curator insight, November 23, 2016 2:03 AM
Excellent article on editing