Laura Antram Editing

writing

Rhythm in writing

The main thing I love about learning to tap dance is the teacher explaining how you…
What a beta reader or proofreader looks for in a manuscript

I know handing over a manuscript that you’ve spent months or, even years, working on can…
Taking breaks for inspiration

Does this sound familiar? You’re having a perfectly normal conversation when you stop mid-sentence with the…
Subject- verb agreement

One of the items on my proofreading checklist is subject-verb agreement. What’s wrong with this sentence?…
Manuscript overwhelm

Does this sound familiar? You open a manuscript. Feel overwhelmed. Close the manuscript. That feeling of…
To-do lists

On Thursday I completed everything on my weekly to-do list. I was immediately suspicious that I’d…
Hyphenation and compound adjectives

Hyphenation can be tricky, but a general rule is if a compound adjective, which is made…
Authors and readers

As an editor or proofreader, you provide a stepping stone between the author and the reader.…
Sometimes you need something obvious to be said in a different way

Sometimes you need something obvious to be said in a different way. I recently finished reading…
If I can help one author

If I can help one author feel confident in the book they are about to publish,…
Overthinking

Does anyone else struggle with overthinking? I think wanting everything to be just so as a…