Owning The Typo
In the post that was distributed earlier today (part 17 of the series) I misspelled the word “essencial” (rather, essential) in the subhead.
Happily, I didn’t just misspell the word “misspell” in that first paragraph, or this one, where I’ve unwisely used it twice.
Typos suck. We all make them, but saying that doesn’t remotely justify it. As someone who writes about craft and principles, I am an especially juicy target for writers who love to jump on this (the last person who wrote me about a typo used the term “For shame!!!” in her closing, as if I’d just maligned the Pope).
So, this is me acknowledging the mistake, which has been repaired on the website. For all I know there are more typos to be discovered there, and here (I’ve found four in my first pass at proofing this piece), and in all my future endeavors, but I’ll always be “for shamed” when they happen, and I’ll continue to do my best to execute better proofing.
Hope you are enjoying the series. Especially today’s earlier entry, and the one that will arrive over the weekend. These are the center of the Oreo, and they really can empower your storytelling once you commit these principles to instinct.
As a fun footnote…
essencial – Wiktionary
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/essencial
Mar 14, 2020 · “essencial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. “essencial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “essencial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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