EDITOR’S CHECKLIST
1.
Logistics
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Heading
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Double space
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Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard
2. Spelling and Capitalization of Names
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James J. Braddock
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Mae Braddock
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Mike and Sara Wilson
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Joe Gould (agent and friend)
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Johnston (promoter, made Jimmy watch fight)
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Max Baer
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Other general spelling errors
3. Second person and paragraphs
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Avoid YOU
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Paragraphs—is it broken up into paragraphs?
4. Confused words
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There/their
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It’s/its
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Where/were
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Then/than
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Woman/women
5. Run-on sentences
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Three ways to fix a run on sentence:
1. Add a period
and capitalize next word
2. Use a comma
conjunction (, and)
3. Use a semi
colon
6. Tense:
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When referring to scenes in the movie stay in the literary
present
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For example
§
This is clearly
reflected in the movie when Braddock… instead of
This
was in the movie…
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The movie is about
a man ….
instead
of
The movie was about a man….
