PROW 135: Proofreading and Copyediting: Final Blog Post, Susan Eder

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Final Blog Post, Susan Eder

Image from ICIS Chemicals Confidential

This may be the final blog post of the year, but for me I hope to continue blogging after the course is over. This is quite a change from how I felt at the beginning of the year when I didn't want to blog at all. I think when something is not familiar there is no reason to need, or want it. Perhaps I will eventually have a personal blog post. That is something positive that I can take away from this course.

As for Twitter, I think I will probably never use it very much again. Maybe if I want to catch the breaking news stories, or for a job, but for personal use - not going to happen. I think about all the things that are recorded about me without my consent already. Things like cameras in stores, and on streets are invasive enough. Everything you post is there forever. And that's a long time. Comments posted on social networking sites stay there forever and can be seen by everyone. I am not sure I want to share my personal life with strangers that way.

A copy-editor may need to tweet and blog, like a painter may need to mix paint and prep walls. But the main job of a copy-editor should be copy-editing, just like the main job of the painter should be painting.

All in all though, I did surprise myself by enjoying this course. I found I learned how to use some of the technology that I didn't know how to use before. This will help for sure in my future job positions. But I still would like to take another copy-editing course. N.J. said it best when she called me a "Grammar Geek."

Also read Nancy Gordy's Final course views on her blog post.

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