Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Proofreading Art

You are the person who picks up the newspaper, a magazine, or a book and shakes your head every time your brain stumbles over a typo, incorrect punctuation, a poorly worded sentence, or lousy page layout and design. Your eye wanders down the right-hand margin taking note of the excessive word breaks and you turn the page only to find an orphaned line perched at the top of the page, sitting there all by its lonesome. “Didn’t anybody proofread this?” you lament.

You start thinking that maybe you could be freelance proofreader. You’d really love to “be your own boss” and make your own schedule. What you don’t know, however, is how do you go about making this dream a reality.

If you think about it, printed text surrounds you.

Second, consider taking on some volunteer proofreading work.

Third, do some self-advertising.
Get a web page!

Get a plain-paper fax machine!

Fourth, be prepared for this to take a while.

As with any work-at-home job, it is not for everyone. You have to be self-disciplined and able to devote quality time and concentration to the job at hand.

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Posted by aized at 08:30:53
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