{"id":2512,"date":"2024-09-27T01:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T06:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/?page_id=2512"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:10:49","slug":"news-and-other-musings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/?page_id=2512","title":{"rendered":"News and Other Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Recently, I asked my husband about his upcoming volunteer gig with Rebuild Together Metro Chicago. He was getting ready for the team’s Prep day, which involves an initial walk-through and assessment of the home they’ll be working on during Demo and Rebuild days. I wondered what tools he’d need. He named a few basics: tape measure, flashlight, hammer, pencil and paper, maybe a screwdriver. I asked how he’d know what he might need at this early stage. After considering for a moment, he said, “I’m not sure yet. Those are the things I’d automatically bring.” He paused, then offered, “After I review the PowerPoint from the project manager, I’ll probably have a better idea of which tools to bring to the site based on what our goals are, what we plan to work on, and what does “done” look like?”\u00a0<\/p>

What, you might ask, does this have to do with copyediting? I won’t know exactly what a client needs until I review their work and provide a sample edit, which I complete by using some standard tools like my laptop, software, and reference materials. From there, my client and I discuss what levels of editing are available, and agree on goal(s), a plan, and what “done” looks like via our contract.\u00a0<\/p>

Ultimately, Mr. Spouse packed a tape measure, a pencil and paper, a flashlight, two<\/strong> screwdrivers, a pry bar, a hammer, and a power drill. Although only the tape measure, pen, and paper were used on Prep day, having everything ready and available was key.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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News and Other Musings Recently, I asked my husband about his upcoming volunteer gig with Rebuild Together Metro Chicago. He was getting ready for the team’s Prep day, which involves an initial walk-through and assessment of the home they’ll be working on during Demo and Rebuild days. I wondered what tools he’d need. He named… Read More »News and Other Musings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PfHizQ-Ew","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2512\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readyedits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}