Do you have a post, question or comment that you’re planning to write to LessWrong? Would you like to have a fresh set of eyes look over it before you do, for some brief feedback or maybe more detailed editing suggestions? Alternatively, would you like to help people feel more comfortable posting, and are willing to spend a few minutes reading something and giving feedback? Or maybe you have experience giving editing advice, or want to try it out? This is a thread for both sides of that graph to meet up.
How to do this:
If you have a comment / post / question that you’d like to run by someone, leave a brief comment here, giving the topic, title, wordcount, and a concrete date that you’d plan to publish by (e.g. “I’d like to publish this in the next 24 hours” or “I plan to publish this next Saturday”), and whether you’d appreciate proofreading or editing (both is fine, but often people are looking for one more than the other, so mention that).
If you’d like to proofread the post/question/comment, then reply with “I am willing to proofread this by <date>.” or “I am willing to edit this by <date>.”
At this point, the author should send a PM to the user with a link to a google doc with their post/question/comment in it.
Proofreaders+Editors are also welcome to write comments announcing that they’re interested in reading people’s stuff, and that you can just reach out to them directly by PM.
Happy matchmaking!
Note: Remember, you don’t need anyone’s permission to publish your ideas on LessWrong, and you’re not expected to get something proofread, this is just for those who want it.
I’m happy to read stuff and critique. (I go harsh but hopefully fair).
General editing/formatting/readability appraisals.
I’ll be of most of use on bio-medical topics (although the discussions here about vaccine development are way above my knowledge base so I’d avoid that!)
That’s a great idea! Are some people interested in a more structured version of this, something like a writing group where everyone proposes its writing and the other comment on it?
Either way, I’m interested on having feedback for something I’m currently writing, whose draft I will probably finish at the end of this week. I’m interested in feedback on content, and on readability.
I’m also up to comment on structure, arguments and readability for others.
Proofreading-or-Editing Matchmaking Thread
Do you have a post, question or comment that you’re planning to write to LessWrong? Would you like to have a fresh set of eyes look over it before you do, for some brief feedback or maybe more detailed editing suggestions? Alternatively, would you like to help people feel more comfortable posting, and are willing to spend a few minutes reading something and giving feedback? Or maybe you have experience giving editing advice, or want to try it out? This is a thread for both sides of that graph to meet up.
How to do this:
If you have a comment / post / question that you’d like to run by someone, leave a brief comment here, giving the topic, title, wordcount, and a concrete date that you’d plan to publish by (e.g. “I’d like to publish this in the next 24 hours” or “I plan to publish this next Saturday”), and whether you’d appreciate proofreading or editing (both is fine, but often people are looking for one more than the other, so mention that).
If you’d like to proofread the post/question/comment, then reply with “I am willing to proofread this by <date>.” or “I am willing to edit this by <date>.”
At this point, the author should send a PM to the user with a link to a google doc with their post/question/comment in it.
Proofreaders+Editors are also welcome to write comments announcing that they’re interested in reading people’s stuff, and that you can just reach out to them directly by PM.
Happy matchmaking!
Note: Remember, you don’t need anyone’s permission to publish your ideas on LessWrong, and you’re not expected to get something proofread, this is just for those who want it.
I’m happy to read stuff and critique. (I go harsh but hopefully fair).
General editing/formatting/readability appraisals.
I’ll be of most of use on bio-medical topics (although the discussions here about vaccine development are way above my knowledge base so I’d avoid that!)
I am interested in helping with content and structure.
I’m interested in proof-reading posts and comments.
That’s a great idea! Are some people interested in a more structured version of this, something like a writing group where everyone proposes its writing and the other comment on it?
Either way, I’m interested on having feedback for something I’m currently writing, whose draft I will probably finish at the end of this week. I’m interested in feedback on content, and on readability.
I’m also up to comment on structure, arguments and readability for others.
I’m interested in a more structured version like a writing group.
I’m willing to proofread :)