Shorten Editorial Cycles with Terminology Management and Writer Support
In the realm of content creation, time is of the essence. Every editorial cycle spent refining terminology and style is a cycle that could be better used generating more content or improving existing materials. Using clear terminology and automation tools can drastically shorten editorial cycles, avoiding review bottlenecks and speeding up approvals
How a Style Guide Helps Shorten the Review Process
Agreed-upon terms and a clear style guide give writers structure. They make onboarding smoother and reduce confusion across teams. Most importantly, they reduce the number of review rounds by setting expectations up front.
However, it’s hard for anyone to memorize every company-specific term and writing rule.
Editorial cycle
/ˌed.əˈtɔːr.i.əl/ /ˈsaɪ.kəl/
The editorial cycle is the process a piece of content goes through, from conception and creation to editing, review, and publication.
That’s why many companies now integrate style guides and termbases directly into their writing tools. Writers get real-time guidance, making it easier to stay consistent – shortening editorial cycles and improving quality at the same time. Fodina’s partner Acrolinx digitizes your language style guide with support for aspects like terminology, consistency, and correctness.
Can the Editorial Cycle Be Automated?
With the right tools, a good portion of the editorial cycle can be automated. The regular spell-checking you encounter every day is an example of automation, and more is on the rise. But you can’t take the human out of the equation just yet. Despite the rapid progress of AI tools for just about anything these days, humans are still superior when it comes to the subtle stuff.
So, let the human editors take care of the complex issues, rather than the ones that are already in the style guide. Let the machines do what they can do better and quicker so that humans can be humans – creative, clever, and empathic.