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This might seem tangential, but it will become apparent why this is relevant
Words like “expedited,” “accomplished,” “improved,” etc
Once that resume makes it through the AI, a person will read it
The most relevant information should be on the first page, but to get to that person, you
They say it flows naturally and is witty, funny, and brilliant
The first readers for our books, especially from the major houses, are probably robots, too
They receive so much copy they’re looking for any excuse not to read your manuscript, so
It doesn’t matter if those errors are in the dialogue or true to the vernacular of
One of the reasons the main editor pushed for it was because of the dialogue
In othe r words, what got me in there is probably what’s keep me out elsewhere
Sometimes our system would see a < and start converting the text into a hyperlink to nowhere
And again, unless you’re already famous or a successful writer — which are the best ways to
If you forgot to indent two spaces, you can’t follow instructions and are probably going to
Most of us have been doing so for our entire lives at school and at work
If you’re a human being who’s editing, check it before you correct it
Don’t assume something is wrong just because you don’t know it, and honestly, Google Docs
I know you’re busy, but a two second search on Google can be helpful in this
If I butcher my own dialogue to make it grammatically correct, once it gets past the computer,
All I can think of is adding a note to the query, but again, I see the
Maybe we’re better off self-publishing, but there’s a lot of competition, and most of it
If literary printing is anything like financial or legal I doubt it, but a person can always