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Marks on the Page:Developing Our Editing Skills
Revision Strategies of Experienced Writers
Sommers writes: “these revision strategies are a process of more than communication; they are part of the process of discovering meaning altogether. Here we can see the importance of dissonance; at the heart of revision is the process by which writers recognize and resolve the dissonance they sense in their writing. . . Writing has spatial and temporal features not apparent in speech--words are recorded in space and fixed in time--which is why writing is susceptible to reordering and later addition. Such features make possible the dissonance that both provokes revision and promises, from itself, new meaning” (385-386)
Revision Strategies of Experienced Writers
In other words, for Sommers, editing is not just style and arrangement; editing and revision represents strategies for the invention of meaning. The more you revise and edit, the deeper your thinking and understanding of the topic will be. As a result, your final product will not only be clearly communicated (delivered?) to an audience (real or imagined), but will be the culmination of your process of deeper understanding.
Revision Strategies of Experienced Writers
And so, considering this way of looking at writing and revision,
Editors are a vitally
important part of that
process.
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Of “experienced” writers
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Selection and rejection of words as the determiners of success or failure (381)
Of “experienced” writers
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Selection and rejection of words as the determiners of success or failure (381)
Writing as translation (382)
Of “experienced” writers
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Selection and rejection of words as the determiners of success or failure (381)
Writing as translation (382)
Avoidance of repetition a major concern (382)
Of “experienced” writers
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Selection and rejection of words as the determiners of success or failure (381)
Writing as translation (382)
Avoidance of repetition a major concern (382)
Of “experienced” writers
Primary objective is finding the form or shape of the argument (384)
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Selection and rejection of words as the determiners of success or failure (381)
Writing as translation (382)
Avoidance of repetition a major concern (382)
Of “experienced” writers
Primary objective is finding the form or shape of the argument (384)
A concern for readership; imagine a reader that influences writing process (384)
Revision StrategiesOf “student” writers
Revision seen as a “rewording activity” (381)
Selection and rejection of words as the determiners of success or failure (381)
Writing as translation (382)
Avoidance of repetition a major concern (382)
Of “experienced” writers
Primary objective is finding the form or shape of the argument (384)
A concern for readership; imagine a reader that influences writing process (384)
Writing as process of discovering meaning; recognize and resolve “dissonance” (385)
Levels of Editing
Levels of Editing
Standard Proofreading
Levels of Editing
Standard Proofreading
Editorial Proofreading
Levels of Editing
Standard Proofreading
Editorial Proofreading
Copyediting
Levels of Editing
Standard Proofreading
Editorial Proofreading
Copyediting
Substantive Editing
Levels of Editing
Stages of Editorial Review
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
(A “preliminary assessment” to get an overall sense of the document)
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
The First Pass
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
The First Pass
(Reading the document from the beginning; where “most of the editorial work gets done and is the slowest going”; development of the style sheet)
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
The First Pass
The Second Pass
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
The First Pass
The Second Pass
(Looking for anything you might have missed on the first pass)
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
The First Pass
The Second Pass
The Final (Short) Passes
Stages of Editorial Review
The Preliminary Skim
The First Pass
The Second Pass
The Final (Short) Passes
(To verify other details; a “one-thing-at-a-time approach”)
Marks on the Page
Here’s what I’d like you all to do today:
We will go through several editing tests and samples together, in order to practice our editing skills and get practice in using the proofreader’s marks.
You’ll be aiming to edit at all four levels and you’ll be expected to read the text several times.
You’ll work on these tests and samples in groups, and then we’ll work together to share what you’ve all uncovered.
Marks on the Page:Developing Our Editing Skills
