Deanna Hoak

10 Responses to “The Mind of a CE”  

1. 1 msevilwoman Apr 26th, 2006 at 11:38 pm

   My mind does things like that. At least I was asleep at 3:30! :}

2. 2 templarwolf Apr 27th, 2006 at 12:14 am

   I used to do that when I was in college. I would have dreams about editing my papers, and upon waking the next morning and firing up the computer, I would find those same mistakes.

3. 3 nugirlontheblok Apr 27th, 2006 at 3:02 am

   Hmmm- you’re sounding like me Deanna- awake so early! Hope you got some productive work done then :)

4. 4 coreyjf Apr 27th, 2006 at 8:39 am

   I was just having a conversation with someone on the topic of sleep\dreaming and conscious perceptions. It is amazing what out unconscious minds perceive during the day and play back for us while we sleep. Unfortunately for me, my unconscious mind is just as dyslexic as my conscious.

5. 5 readwrite Apr 27th, 2006 at 3:32 pm

   I have many sayings that I live by in my work. (Perhaps I’ll do a post on them one of these days.) Anyhow, one of them is, “I can proofread anything except my own copy.”

   Now in these days of editing online, this gets a little more complicated. I am often responsible for delivering a file that should be clean. And I am sometimes the operator who inputs others’ corrections. But the basic point still holds: When it’s something I actually wrote, I will tend to miss mistakes. (For example, I noticed a couple typos in my long answer to your LGA post.)

   I mean, when I’m wearing my writer hat, then others are supposed to cover for me…I try to keep my copy as neat as possible, but I don’t agonize over it–unless it’s a letter soliciting work as a proofreader…

6. 6 deannahoak Apr 28th, 2006 at 11:08 am

   We all do that. :-)

   I get aggravated with copyeditors and proofreaders who are pissy and condescending about other people’s typos; I can only think that they haven’t written very damn much.

7. 7 spherissa May 1st, 2006 at 12:52 am

   Deanna , I’m sorry if this is an annoying question or one you have been asked a myriad of times before, but, how does one become a copy editor?

8. 8 spherissa May 1st, 2006 at 12:55 am

   My boyfriend isn’t usually dyslexic but has been feeling that way because of his not being well acting in collusion with some major stresses in his life right now. This would be worrisome but not such a big worry if it weren’t for the nature of the PhD he is in the midst of — it involves looking at strings of DNA half the day long, switch your letters about there…

9. 9 deannahoak May 1st, 2006 at 7:24 pm

   I really do need to do a post on that, since so many people are curious. It’s just that it’s not that easy to get into, so I’m not sure what advice I can give. I’ll think about it, though.

10. 10 deannahoak May 3rd, 2006 at 9:13 am

    LOL! That would be bad…Terrible stress dream!

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