There has been some debate in our office as to what services should be covered under the category of “editing”, and what our clients should expect if they need editing as opposed to proofreading. In fact, there are generally three levels of editing work, only one of which is what’s commonly called proofreading. In reading […]
One of my favourite interviews with any Vietnamese celebrity ever has to be the 90 minutes I spent at Ru Nam café having coffee with actress Kathy Uyen. At the time, we at Metro Writers were exploring our first biography projects, and I was interested in learning more about Kathy personally so that I could
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Metro Writers business biographies are all about credibility. Something of immense value to any business, credibility is hard to achieve – but when you have it, it brings both money and opportunities from your hard-won supporters. Business leaders who are recognised as credible players in their field gain respect and admiration from both colleagues and
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A corporate biography can become part of the face of your business, so It’s important to make sure it looks good – and it should also be an interesting and informative read. Clients won’t be impressed by a cheaply produced book filled mostly with uninspiring photographs of your staff and premises – a mistake many
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Ask yourself a question – if you had a book with your name and photo on the cover, what would that do for your career? Would it give you a higher status in the eyes of your peers and colleagues? Would it establish your reputation as an important individual in your industry, as the key
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This month’s issue of Oi Vietnam represents the first time the magazine has examined the literary sphere. Foreigners living in Vietnam are often mystified by local writing culture – there are almost no well-known Vietnamese writers who have found fame overseas. One of our writing bureau’s intentions is to bring more literature across the language
Lindsay Lohan is in the process of a writing a book. The Mean Girls actress, who turns 30 on Saturday, has decided now’s the time for her pen a memoir as she’s come to a point in her life where she feels comfortable in sharing aspects about her often troubled personal life. Though details about
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When my father passed away in 2010, he was about halfway through writing a memoir. I found the fragments on his old, failing PC hard drive, which miraculously survived just long enough for me to copy the files before it too blinked out of existence. Ironically, the documents concerned his attempts to deal with the
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We’re entering a new world of storytelling, in which digital exists as an experience; a visceral exploration of a story outside of a print book. The idea that print books exist at the top of a storytelling hierarchy, with video games, web series, YouTubers, podcasts, zines and interactive apps beneath them, is archaic and regressive:
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Technology has made a lot of things about writing easier. You can save little scraps of information in Evernote, write and edit with ease, and you don’t have to go to the library to do research. But, technology hasn’t made it any easier to concentrate, and actually write. This doesn’t need explanation. Twitter. Facebook. ’nuff
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