To my audience:
The following email was sent to me by a client and it serves as my final blog post.
From: Rogustus Wright
To: Erika M. Weinert
Date: March 31, 2021
Dear Erika,
As I stamped the last letter of my draft manuscript onto pristine stationery using my manual Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter, I realized the time had come for an editor to review said fiction.
I needed someone to peruse the draft, prune grammatical errors, and polish the
narrative so the magic could shine through in all its fictional glory. However, I did not
need just any editor, mind you—I needed my editor. And so, I sent you an email
posthaste.
But what happened next was a shock of unimaginable proportions—you told me you
closed your business and joined the circus!
Uh, what?
In what I thought was a rather impersonal response, I received the following out-of-office
reply: "To whom it may concern, I joined the circus. I am done with words and
would prefer to apply my sharp mind to the antics and oddities of a Big-Top cavalcade.
Cheers!"
(Of course, I am going to receive it a second time when I send you this letter, so now I
just feel stupid. But I have digressed...)
I was gobsmacked.
So, as the helplessness began to set in, I sat down and puzzled...
and puzzled...
and puzzled some more.
Then, in a fleeting moment of clarity, I realized I did not need an editor! Why? Well,
simply because...
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IT'S APRIL FOOLS' DAY!!!
'Twas nothing more than bunkum and balderdash, dear reader, in the spirit of a yearly
tradition!
But in all seriousness, the work of an editor is no joke.
And since The Werd Nerd is still, in fact, open and operating under Erika's expertise, it
would behoove you to keep her in mind as an editor for your writing projects. Because as
a fellow wordsmith, I can say it is easy for errors and inconsistencies to fall betwixt the
cracks, thereby, preventing a decent tale from becoming an epic adventure.
At the very least, a lack of editing can create errors that are no friend to a business.
So, give her portfolio a glance—no fire eating required—because you never know when
your writing will need a trained eye and trusted mind.
Sincerely,
Rogustus Wright
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Still on the fence about the value of an editor? Well, here are 20 grammatical gaffes that an editor would have caught, errors that certainly ruffled the feathers of readers and
business owners alike.
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