{"id":788,"date":"2024-05-17T10:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/?p=788"},"modified":"2024-05-17T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:26:14","slug":"do-you-need-a-proofreader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/do-you-need-a-proofreader\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need A Proofreader?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"788\" class=\"elementor elementor-788\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287ccdb7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"287ccdb7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e6fac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77e6fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/correcting-1870721_1280-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-900\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/correcting-1870721_1280-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/correcting-1870721_1280-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/correcting-1870721_1280-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/correcting-1870721_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b11980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57b11980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Do you need a proofreader?<\/p><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Oh, hell yes!<\/p><p>Let me tell you, before I ran this through AI, and then got my husband to check it, this had at least 5 mistakes.<\/p><p>Now, before you start clutching your pearls and gasping&#8230; &#8220;But you&#8217;re a proofreader!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>Let me explain.<\/p><p>You see. No matter who you are, you can\u2019t spot all your own mistakes.<\/p><p>Yes, there are things you can do to <i>help<\/i> you spot them, but in the long run, odds are some will always slip through.<\/p><p>Why?<\/p><p>Because you know what the text is supposed to say!<\/p><p>You wrote it, so as you read it, it\u2019s all too easy to read what is supposed to be there and not what actually is there.<\/p><p>Now, as I said, there are things you can do to help you spot your mistakes.<\/p><p>You can make the text bigger or read it out loud and yes, there is always artificial intelligence. But AI won\u2019t tell you if you accidentally used adverse instead of averse or accept instead of except and if your font changed or your quotation marks switched from curved to straight.<\/p><p>While AI is a wonderful tool, it will never be as good as the human eye!<\/p><p>And a stranger\u2019s eye is always more accurate than your own.<\/p><p>So, next time you look at your work and think, \u201cDoes it <i>really<\/i> need proofreading?\u201d you need to ask yourself&#8230;<\/p><p>Do best-selling books get proofread?<\/p><p>I can tell you now, the answer is yes, and if they need proofreading, I can guarantee you do too!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"788\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"788\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you need a proofreader? 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