Becoming A Copy Editor

Deciding to apply to become a copy editor was an easy choice for me just by reading the job description. The the skills that were listed were points that I believe I would be able to handle well. For example, as a copy editor it's your responsibility to check for grammar and spelling mistakes. As a reader I know that it expands your vocabulary and you would be able to recognize grammar mistakes in writing. This is a trait you would need as a copy editor since your main focus is to look over your peers writing errors. Also since you would need to read everyone's papers it would be beneficial if you enjoyed reading so you wouldn't get bored from all the papers you are given. Another advantage is that since I have already read many books it
helped improve my ability to be able to ensure if a piece of writing is well written and logically makes sense. This way the reader can understand the papers without trouble and is a quick read rather than a long essay where they have to spend time to breakdown the writing. This attracts more readers as well since students would prefer to quickly check up on what’s going on in their school. Good research skills is another trait that I believe I have strengthened over the years and would be necessary to have. I've written countless research papers where I need to search for information on different topics for school. I believe this made me more knowledgeable over a variety of different topics and builds my research skills to prove facts and find reliable sources. Most of the time there are more than one copy editors meaning you need good communication skills. I consider myself as someone who works good with peers and is open minded and as I mentioned there would be multiple copy editors meaning everyone needs to work together and go over each others work to make sure nobody missed anything.