As I have mentioned before, I am taking my first official editing class at BYU. As an editor, we have to learn all the fancy little squiggly marks to help people write better. So, I have to wonder, why do we have to basically scribble on the writer's paper to get them to write better? It doesn't look too pretty. Maybe it's to help the writer see just how much work they need to do or maybe some editor out got so bored with drawing lines through the mistakes writers make and started doodling...and then came up with a proofreading system through the doodles! If that's the case, it sure works because trying to remember which proofreading mark to use for an error is somewhat of an adventure itself.
Who knew that doodling could make better writers?
And who said that editors weren't artists? We editors are so underrated. It's the writers who get all the credit. Behind every great writer is an even better editor...ha ha.
This entry was written out of boredom and out of a need to update. I'm sorry if it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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