Often true.Given the first statement, it would seem that all copyediting, AI based or not, will result in a loss.
A good editor / line editor will first seek to preserve your voice.
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Often true.Given the first statement, it would seem that all copyediting, AI based or not, will result in a loss.
Maybe I misunderstand, but I thought that when it comes specifically to copy editing it is a rather "mechanical" process of comparing a text to style guides etc.A good editor / line editor will first seek to preserve your voice.
Style guides are to make sure you stick to the right type of formatting for your MS e.g. fiction follows the Chicago style. The guide will also include "mechanical" information such as writing "sixteen" and not "16" (which is in the APA style for journals/academic papers). The copy editor will make sure the MS adheres to the correct style guide, but that is different to an author's actual writing style (e.g. Stephen King's shunning of adjectives and adverbs or Maggie O'Farrell's pointed use of them) and it is different to voice. If your MS already adheres correctly to the style guide, it makes the copy editor's work a lot easier because they just need to look for flow (clunky sentences or ones that veer from the author's usual voice) or inconsistencies (e.g. Henry become Harry/the child has aged two years in only fourteen months etc.). The author can self edit a lot of this, but an author will also be too close to the work and not notice things that the copy editor (or perhaps beta reader) will pick up. The author can, of course, turn down copy editor suggestions but not when in reference to adhering to e.g. the Chicago style.Maybe I misunderstand, but I thought that when it comes specifically to copy editing it is a rather "mechanical" process of comparing a text to style guides etc.
How many styles are there?but not when in reference to adhering to e.g. the Chicago style.
Check out Copy Editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers.How many styles are there?
Is there a UK version, or does everyone use the Chicago manual?
Absolutely not.Is there a UK version, or does everyone use the Chicago manual?