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I think I recently read about a popular series writer employing a continuity proofreader: someone with a good memory that has digged himself into the series and the writer's work so deep to be able...
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System
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2019-12-08T11:33:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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System
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2019-12-08T11:33:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
I think I recently read about a popular series writer employing a continuity proofreader: someone with a good memory that has digged himself into the series and the writer's work so deep to be able to catch continuity breaks that happened to creep into the work since the world of a writer is constantly reshaping itself and they don't remember unfailably which facets they have already cast into words and print and have to keep valid and which parts are free to further evolve as work on the series progresses. This was a special job consigned by a non-trivial writer due to the availability of a specialist in their work. It's not the rule. Basically: someone has to the job. Usually the writer but they can be more fallible than versed readers since the universe they are working with is more than the written universe where consistency errors count.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-03-30T13:43:59Z (over 5 years ago)
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