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Editing and Proofreading MarksSample galley with proofreader’s corrections marked.Corrected galley gained 2 lines.When Obstacles GetYou DownDo obstacles get you down when trying toget something doone? Consider the followingAfter Fred Astaires first screen test, a 1933memo from the mgm testing director said:Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.”Astaire kept that memo over the fire place inhis Beverly Hills homeAn expert said of famous football coachVinceLombardi: “He possesses minimalfootball knowledge. Lacks motivation.”Louisa May Alcott, the author of LittleWomen, was advised by her family to findwork as a Servant or seamstress.Beethoven handled the voilin awkwardlyand preferred playing his own compositionsinstead of improving his technique.His teacher called him utterly hopeless asa composer. The teacher of famous operasinger Enrico Caruso said Caruso had novoice at ...... all and could not sing.Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper forlacking ideas. He also went bankrupt severaltimes before he build Disneyland.Eighteen publishers turned down RichardBach’s 10000 word story about a soaringseagull before Macmillan finally published itin 1970. By 1975, Jonathan LivingstonSeagull had sold more than 7 million copiesin the U.S. alone.you are// : /’ /caps/“ /close up/. /wf/#/ital//align/lc/tr/run in/tr down/stet/t/ sc //, / = /ital//sp/ bf /When Obstacles GetYou DownDo obstacles get you down when you aretrying to get something done? Consider thefollowing:After Fred Astaire’s first screen test, a1933 memo from the MGM testing directorsaid: “Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance alittle.” Astaire kept that memo over the fireplacein his Beverly Hills home.An expert said of famous football coachVince Lombardi: “He possesses minimalfootball knowledge. Lacks motivation.”Louisa May Alcott, the author of LittleWomen, was advised by her family to findwork as a servant or seamstress.Beethoven handled the violin awkwardlyand preferred playing his own compositionsinstead of improving his technique. Histeacher called him utterly hopeless as a composer.The teacher of famous opera singer EnricoCaruso said Caruso had no voice at all andcould not sing.Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper forlacking ideas. He also went bankrupt severaltimes before he built DISNEYLAND.Eighteen publishers turned down RichardBach’s 10,000-word story about a soaringseagull before Macmillan finally published itin 1970. By 1975, Jonathan LivingstonSeagull had sold more than seven millioncopies in the U.S. alone.PROGRESSIVE publishing alternativeswww.pit-magnus.comYork County Industrial Park • 315 Busser Road • Emigsville, PA 17318 • 717/764-59082