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#StetChat is an hourlong live conversation on Bluesky for the #editing community. 📆 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 🕓 4–5 p.m. ET | 1–2 p.m. PT 💬 Next #StetChat: Aug. 5 | Worldbuilding stetchat.com ⏰ #StetSprint Tuesdays 2–3 p.m. ET Fridays 3–4 p.m. ET

Join us for our #StetChat about worldbuliding at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Tuesdays 2-3 pm ET Fridays 3-4 pm ET.
Let's StetSprint! How to #StetSprint: 1️⃣ Share your goal with us (ex. “Copyedit 6 pages of MS”). 2️⃣ Focus on work for 1 hour: No phones, no social media, just working. 3️⃣ In 1 hour, check back in here and tell us how you did! If you see this during the hour, feel free to join the #StetSprint.
#StetSprint starts in 30 minutes! Join the sprint 2–3 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT.
Join #StetSprint. Tuesdays at 2–3 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. Fridays at 3–4 p.m. ET / 12–1 p.m. PT.
Join us for our #StetChat about worldbuliding at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Join #StetSprint on Bluesky..Tuesdays at 2–3 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. Fridays at 3–4 p.m. ET / 12–1 p.m. PT.
Upcoming #StetChat dates and topics: Aug. 5: Worldbuilding Aug. 19: Editorial Certificates & Courses Sept. 2: Style Sheets Sept. 16: Red Flag Roulette.
What topics should #StetChat cover in future chats?
#StetChat is is Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. Join us for our next #StetChat about worldbuilding.
Today’s #StetChat has officially come to a close, but feel free to keep chatting! Thanks so much to everybody who participated!
Q7: Are there stats, studies, articles, etc. that you often share with clients/employers to justify the value of editing?
Q6: How do you quantify editing’s value for clients/employers? Do you use any specific metrics?
Q5: How do you explain why someone should hire a human editor instead of using an AI tool to edit their text?
Q4: What do you say to your client/boss if the text needs a higher level of edit than they think?
Q3: What language do you use when talking to clients/employers about why they need editing?
Q2: What do your clients/employers not understand about the value that your editing services provide?
Q1: What value does editing bring to your industry or the type of content you edit?
Graphic that reads: The editors behind #StetChat. Carolina VonKampen (she/her), founder and host. Raquel Brown (she/they), creative director. Rachel Lapidow (she/her), brainstormer in chief.
StetChatters, please introduce yourself. Remember to use the hashtag #StetChat for all your answers today.
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A Game of Thrones scene where someone says "a coin of great value" but I've edited the text to say "a edit of great value."
Join #StetSprint. Tuesdays at 2–3 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. Fridays at 3–4 p.m. ET / 12–1 p.m. PT.
Join #StetSprint. Tuesdays at 2–3 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. Fridays at 3–4 p.m. ET / 12–1 p.m. PT.
Join #StetChat about the value of editing at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on Wednesday, July 15.
Join #StetSprint. Tuesdays at 2–3 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. Fridays at 3–4 p.m. ET / 12–1 p.m. PT.
Join our upcoming #StetChats on Bluesky: July 15: The Value of Editing August 5: Worldbuilding August 19: Editorial Certificates and Courses September 2: Style Sheets September 16: Red Flag Roulette
Next #StetChat. Wednesday, July 15. 4–5 p.m. ET | 1–2 p.m. PT. Join us for our #StetChat about the value of editing!
Crowd saying "Yes, we're all different" in Monty Python's Life of Bryan.
Generative AI Policy #StetChat’s content and website is created, designed, written, and edited by humans. We do not use generative AI for any brainstorming, researching, writing, editing, or business-related tasks for #StetChat. We support the creativity and dignity of human authors and artists. We fully support the Authors Guild’s guiding principles on AI and their guidance for publishers and editors on not using generative AI to edit manuscripts and not uploading or sharing authors’ manuscripts to AI tools. We just straight-up don’t use AI here! For better or worse, all this stuff is from our brains.
Join our upcoming #StetChats on Bluesky: July 15: The Value of Editing August 5: Worldbuilding August 19: Editorial Certificates and Courses September 2: Style Sheets September 16: Red Flag Roulette
What topics should #StetChat cover in future chats?
That's all folks! Today’s #StetChat has officially come to a close, but feel free to keep chatting! Thanks so much to everybody who participated!
Our next #StetChat is is Wednesday, July 15 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. We’ll talk about the value of editing.
Q7: Are there any cool digital tools or physical toys/devices that you use to stay focused and undistracted? Any advice for fellow editors?
Q6: What HASN’T worked for managing distractions while you edit? Any funny stories?
Q4: Where and when are you most distracted?
Q3: What do you do when the distraction is your own mind?
Q2: What are the biggest external distractions you face when editing?
Q1: How many hours a day do you actually edit? What days and times is that for you?
Graphic that reads: The editors behind #StetChat. Carolina VonKampen (she/her), founder and host. Raquel Brown (she/they), creative director. Rachel Lapidow (she/her), brainstormer in chief.
Welcome to #StetChat. Remember to use the hashtag #StetChat for all your answers today and label your answers A1, A2, etc. so we know which question you’re responding to. Missed a question? You can see all the questions under the Media tab on our @stetchat.com profile.
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This is your reminder! 👋 Our #StetChat about managing distractions is TODAY 4–5 p.m. ET, 1–2 p.m. PT
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