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| by 'Conscious' Copywriter and Empowerment Mentor, Charlon Bobo |
Another inspired week is upon us. Empowering you with direct resources to conscious business principles, real-world processes, cutting-edge developments, and personal inspirations, this week's features include:
Charlon Bobo is the best-selling author, and founder and team leader of EditCopyProof | Wordsmithing Solutions for Conscious Entrepreneurs. Proficient in many diverse writing roles, her expertise spans more than 25 years. This solid foundation offers you a single and final destination in your quest for extraordinary press-ready services. Engage and enchant your audience with heart-focused copywriting by implementing the 7 Elemental Facets; a 21-page compilation illuminating everything you need to easily create captivating marketing materials. Download this complimentary feature and your bonus audios/eBooks/articles at EditCopyProof.com |
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| Charlon Bobo |
What is "copyediting" and what system do pros use to ensure proof-perfect copy?
Surprisingly, the word copyediting is
an industry-specific term. If you don't
function within this community or have some
exposure to it, the word may be simply
unfamiliar,
or even mysterious, but it's easy enough to
demystify.
To answer the question, let's start with a reference from the Chicago Manual of Style. It says copyediting involves both mechanical editing and substantive editing: "Mechanical copyediting requires a close reading of the manuscript with an eye to such matters as consistency of capitalization, spelling, and hyphenation; agreement of verbs and subjects; punctuation; beginning and ending quotation marks and parentheses; numbers given in numerals or spelled out; and many similar details of style. Substantive copyediting involves rewriting, reorganizing, or suggesting other ways to present material." Mechanical copyediting is more of a science because most rules of grammar are absolute. In contrast, substantive copyediting is more of an art based on innate talent, training or a combination of both. A talented copyeditor effortlessly and simultaneously performs both types, unless specifically requested to do otherwise. So you can see how copyediting actually works behind-the-scenes, below is the step-by-step process, which might be modified from editor to editor based on individual style preferences. After a thorough review of the content for the degree of copyediting required (light vs. heavy) and a signed Agreement has been received, as well as a project deposit, the copyediting process officially begins. The step-by-step process contains:
Copyediting is both a skill (mechanical) and an art form (substantive). In the hands of a masterful wordsmith, your copy is clean, succinct and creates a full impact both seen and felt by your customers or clients. |
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Fearful, Forceful or Fierceful: Which is your approach to life and why does it matter?
Admittedly, fierceful isn't a word,
but for the integrity of the headline, it
stays. Word or no word, it doesn't change
the message of this exploration.
Definition of Fearful: Feeling fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety or concern Definition of Forceful: Acting or driven with force Definition of Fierce(ful): Extremely intense or ardent If you're fearful, there is something--usually something BIG--underlying that feeling. Maybe it's conscious, maybe it's subconscious, but either way your actions are steeped in this overpowering and often paralyzing feeling, often to the point that you are incapable of making wise choices. Fear only begets more fear. It festers. It grows. And feeding the monster of fear with your words, thoughts and actions only makes you feel worse. If you're a worrier, you know exactly what it's like. Day in, day out, it is your constant companion and yet you may have an inkling that because of the grief it causes, it's no way to run your business or your life. If you're forceful, you are constantly pushing people, events and circumstances, to respond to your sheer will that they comply with your vision. You cannot be bothered with how people perceive you or the impact on them of your words, thoughts and actions. After all, you have a vision and it is a driving force! You feel absolutely justified in your approach, regardless of external signs that something is amiss. Sometimes, you and your agenda are literally a force to be reckoned with, making even minor issues, very big ones. You are unapproachable. Life lacks anything resembling effortless flow. You are in charge and it's up to you to make everything work... at the greatest expense imaginable: your peace-of-mind and of those around you. You shoulder the weight of the world and the cracks in the fortress are beginning to split wide open. At it's core, force is fear. It's an attempt to control, driven by the need for safety or security, which never actually manifests peace or flow, but only creates more of the same: fear. Let's move beyond the many limitations of fearful and forceful living to a whole-life approach based in healthy, powerful resolve: fierceful living. Using the brief definition above of fierce, notice the word ardent. The definition of ardent includes words like intense feeling, passionate, fervent, intensely devoted, eager, zealous, burning, fiery and hot. All these words or terms are powerful and positive. They motivate and inspire. They propel and energize. They excite and prompt. They contain the juice that positively moves us from where we are to where we'd rather be. Neither fear nor force motivates, inspires, propels, energizes, excites or drives. Fear and force are old patterns based in pain. They are our deeply ingrained habits, developed long ago as coping mechanisms. And the truth is they no longer serve us. So, it's time to let them go. It's the perfect time to step into our fierceness-of-being. It's time to release debilitating habits and create ourselves anew. What is fierceful living?
You cannot create from fear or force, for they do not contain the elements to deliver such an outcome. With either, you can only create more of the same. Be fierce. Be bold. Be you. Now is the time. |
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Transform adversity into personal triumph
This week I had the pleasure of being
interviewed by Pete Winiarski of the Institute of Success and Goal
Achievement.
Listen to the 60-minute
interview
now. Enjoy!
Following is a brief recap Pete created to market the call. Is there a traumatic event in your past holding you back in some way? Here are common examples:
And the list goes on. The bottom line is: you've been impacted by something traumatic at some point in your life. First, know that you're not alone. Second, realize that your personal adversity is likely impacting you and your performance in other areas of your life. For many of us, past events created wounds that we unconsciously carry around, impacting every area of our lives. For some of us, these events may have occurred in childhood. Would you like to learn how to overcome this adversity and turn your traumatic experience into a personal triumph? Our guest this week, Charlon Bobo, is an empowerment mentor and entrepreneurial visionary, as well as a copywriter, editor and best-selling author. She's here to share with us her raw and very personal story of overcoming and the 5 key insights she uses often as her life guide. You, too, will be able to overcome your personal adversity. I promise: you will be shocked by what Charlon went through, and amazed at the power of her decision to work through it. You will learn how to manage and overcome your personal adversity, and learn to incorporate her "Whole Life Approach" for everyday peace and success. You, too, can learn to live a life of ease. Listen to this 60-minute interview to find out how. |
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| Charlon Bobo |
Valentine's Day is a day to focus on loving yourself (as well as others)
Valentine's Day is often consumed
with actions focused on adoring and
celebrating others. Today I
want to plant a different seed-of-action...
Be and Become Your Own Beloved. Do for
yourself as you'd
do for others. Do this often and
continually.
You are precious, you are worthy and your birthright is to BE-LOVED. In Sisterhood, Light & Love, 
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