Top Trending LinkedIn Posts about Writing & Editing

From just offering content writing services almost 3 years ago, Strikethrough DMS is now a 360-degree digital marketing agency!
How? Lemme show you...

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Great writers have a terrible first draft while bad writers have a very good first draft.

The reason why is simple.

Great writers believe in

Ever get stuck in a plot hole and wonder how you'll climb out? 🕳️

Have this awesome idea for a book and want to

The root of procrastination isn't laziness, it's anxiety.

And the cost of procrastination is the life you could’ve lived.

If you struggle with procrastination, check

You might be underestimating your skills.

Like I did sometime ago.

I got an editing gig from a LinkedIn connection to work on her ebook.

At

Just a reminder to take the occasional moment to stop and smell the flowers.

Also, can you believe I’ve been in Texas for 10+

The worst mistake copywriters can ever make

It’s something bigger than writing bad hooks

Before writing you research for hours 
You collect brilliant ideas
You

“Recasting” = Rewording and repunctuating sentences

Here are 5 reasons I might recast your sentence . . .

Number 1—It’s grammatically incorrect.
Perhaps you’ve split an

I make a lot of weird comparisons. But sometimes, I’m the one being compared.
 
And it always seems to be a comparison to .

"I learned more from you in a single edit than in the last two years as a Freelance Writer combined."

Verbal feedback from a

Dating is tough.
 
Especially as an editor.
 
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Do you correct people’s grammar?
 
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I’m Jeanette 👋 a copyeditor and self-editing instructor. My aim is to demystify the

3,000 words in 4 days...a record for me.


As a freelance writer, content creator and mom of twins, I don't have a lot of

Let’s talk about computer versus human abilities.
 
Things you DON’T need AI for:
 
👂 Listening to someone’s troubles
💡 Thinking of something original
🧠 Reasoning with common

Watching a solar eclipse is like going through the stages of editing.
 
It took me a while to flesh out this analogy, but here

“You can say vice-versa, but not versa-vice.
 
Of all sayings, that one should be switchable.”
 
—Demetri Martin, Demetri Deconstructed
 
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I’m Jeanette 👋 a copyeditor and self-editing

It’s quiz time!
 
How well do you know Adina Edelman versus Jeanette Smith?
 
Here are ten fun facts that apply to either Adina or me.
 
Can

5 Writing & Editing Tools (AI Tools Included)

First drafts shine after editing for ⬇

- Structure
- Readability
- Spelling and grammar
- Writing style and

Any writing & editing needs high focus.

I write for a living, & I often struggle with focus.

The easiest tool I use

It took me 4 years to hit 10K followers on LinkedIn.

It took me 4 weeks on Instagram.

Here's what I did differently for IG

I've got a couple demanding clients this week. ⬇️


Because sometimes your Why is actually your Who.

And with Christa Jordan out of

At 6am this morning I realised there is nobody to worry about 'it' or to even have no worries (double negative haha). See

Most of the editing I do has nothing to do with grammar. Honestly, AI can handle most copy editing tasks these days.

I DO

The only editing checklist you need to take your writing from boring to engaging:

• Simplify jargon.
• Add personality.
• Cut 80% of your words.
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‘Good writing is rewriting.’ - Ernest Hemingway.

5 editing strategies to improve your writing:

1. Reverse editing

Read your work backwards, sentence by sentence.

This makes

‘Good writing is rewriting.’ - Ernest Hemingway.

5 editing strategies to improve your writing:

1. Reverse editing

Read your work backwards, sentence by sentence.

This makes

how long does it take you to write a long-form piece?

that's a question i heard for the first time 4 years back

How I leverage Chatgpt in writing technical reports

👉🏾 interpreting complex interview transcripts
[Prompt: please identify the challenges mentioned in this transcript]

👉🏾 identifying key

How to connect your daily life stories with your post topics?

A few people asked me this recently.

Here’s what I recommended them:

1.

2023 Me: I don’t know how to write good AI prompts.

2024 Me: AI doesn’t know how to write good content.


I used to spend

Since my impressions are currently taking a nice nosedive,
I might as well lean into it with a soft little sales pitch:

When I'm