Comments on: How to paraphrase https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/ & Gray-Grant Communications Fri, 28 May 2021 18:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3629 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:53:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3629 In reply to Liz.

I prefer “says” as the all ’round attribution word. To me, it doesn’t matter if it isn’t a direct quote.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3627 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:52:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3627 In reply to Chris Brady.

Don’t let those weak quotes survive your editing!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3628 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:52:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3628 In reply to Juliette Savin.

Yes, but know that a good image or analogy can also be successfully paraphrased, as long as it’s attributed to the person who created it.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3626 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:51:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3626 In reply to Mary Jeanne.

Agreed. Although sometimes paraphrasing is also EASIER than it looks. If you simply remove the quote marks, I mean. (Obviously, students/academics can’t do this. I’m referring to corporate and freelance writers.)

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3624 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:50:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3624 In reply to Claudine.

So glad to hear it.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3625 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:50:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3625 In reply to Suzanne Stormon.

That’s a really good strategy, Suzanne!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3623 Thu, 29 May 2014 01:49:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3623 In reply to Charli Mills.

So glad this point resonated for you, Charli. Learning how to paraphrase is a valuable skill, but learning how to manage the people we interview (and ourselves!) is perhaps even more valuable!

]]> By: Charli Mills https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3622 Wed, 28 May 2014 23:14:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3622 I was looking forward to this post and you didn’t disappoint me (well, you never do which is why I faithfully read your newsletter weekly). What stood out to me most was #5: Never feel obliged to use quotes from people you’ve interviewed. You know, until I read that statement, I didn’t even recognize that I felt such a sense of obligation. Wow–that was a freeing realization! Thanks!

]]> By: Claudine https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3620 Tue, 27 May 2014 20:29:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3620 Excellent advice. I’m sharing the first section with my daughter who is in high school.

]]> By: Suzanne Stormon https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-to-paraphrase/#comment-3619 Tue, 27 May 2014 18:15:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=8446#comment-3619 My approach is a bit roundabout. I usually have some notes and a mind map, then I just mull over it while I do something unrelated. After this mulling time, I usually write the first draft without looking at my notes. After that I go in an put in my quotes.

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