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The Craft of Editing Michael Alley

The Craft of Editing By Michael Alley

The Craft of Editing by Michael Alley


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Designed for all those who deal with scientific and technical writing by others in universities, government labs, businesses, or engineering firms, this book helps readers become more effective and more efficient at editing the proposals, theses, journal articles, and reports that cross their desks and which need approving, grading, or reviewing.

The Craft of Editing Summary

The Craft of Editing: A Guide for Managers, Scientists, and Engineers by Michael Alley

Designed for all those who deal with scientific and technical writing by others in universities, government labs, businesses, or engineering firms, this book helps readers become more effective and more efficient at editing the proposals, theses, journal articles, and reports that cross their desks and which need approving, grading, or reviewing. Written by the author of the best-selling Craft of Scientific Writing, the guide deals with the subject in a refreshing way and includes a large number of enlightening examples and stories.

Table of Contents

1 Editing: Where Do You Begin?.- Knowing Your Goals.- Knowing Your Constraints.- 2 When the Pencils Are Blue.- Editing for Content.- Editing for Style.- Editing for Form.- 3 When the Rules Are Gray.- Gray with Respect to Time.- Gray with Respect to Position.- Gray with Respect to Person.- 4 Common Types of Edits.- Writing a Review.- Performing a Copyedit on Paper.- Performing a Copyedit Online.- Proofreading.- 5 Reducing the Friction of Editing.- Agreeing upon the Constraints.- Recognizing Your Own Idiosyncrasies.- Keeping the Writing on Schedule.- Providing Spoken and Written Feedback.- 6 Editing: The Big Picture.- At What Writing Stages Should Editing Occur?.- Who Shall Edit First and Who Shall Edit Last?.- What Role Should Each Editor Play?.- Appendix One Hundred Problems of Style.- Glossary of Editing Terms.- References.

Additional information

NLS9780387989648
9780387989648
0387989641
The Craft of Editing: A Guide for Managers, Scientists, and Engineers by Michael Alley
New
Paperback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
1999-12-21
160
N/A
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