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Efficient editing: With Hester Higton
Writing and editing tools Episode 1385th March 2025 • The Editing Podcast • Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
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Learn about how to be an efficient editor, with guest Hester Higton.

Listen to find out more about

  • The goals of efficient editing
  • Preparing for efficient improvements
  • The order for tackling a project
  • Batch editing
  • Technology for efficient editing
  • Multi-author projects
  • Resources

Resources mentioned in the show

  • Jack Lyon: Wildcard Cookbook for Microsoft Word: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wildcard-Cookbook-Microsoft-Word-Jack/dp/1434103986   
  • Textexpander: https://textexpander.com/ 
  • Paul Beverley’s macros: https://www.archivepub.co.uk/menu.html

About Hester Higton

Find out more about Hester:

  • Website: academicedit.co.uk
  • Email: hesterhigton@academicedit.co.uk

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Music credit

'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

  • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
  • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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