TY - BOOK AU - Bryan Furuness AU - Sarah Layden TI - The invisible art of literary editing / SN - 9781350296480 U1 - REF 808.027 F98 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Creative writing & creative writing guides KW - Editing KW - Literature & literary studies N1 - Cover Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Authors Credits Acknowledgments Key Introduction How this Book is Organized The Focus of this Book Aesthetic Mission Acquisition: From Attraction to Acceptance, from Solicitation to Slush Solicited Submissions Unsolicited Submissions Submission Guidelines Call for Submissions Strategies for Dealing with Submissions Stage 1: First Cull Stage 2: Deeper Consideration Stage 3: All-Staff Discussion Spotlight: descant Literary Magazine Spotlight: Rose Metal Press Responding to Submissions Unconditional Acceptance Conditional Acceptance Specific Conditional Acceptance Invitation to Revise and Resubmit Personalized Rejection Warm Form Rejection Form Rejection Best Practices in Rejection Dealing with Blowback Correspondence Initial Contact Sending Edits Confirmation Case Studies Julie Riddle Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay Submitted Manuscript with Editing Marks Final Version Interview with Julie Riddle To Consider Valerie Vogrin Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay Submitted Manuscript with Editing Marks Final Version Interview with Valerie Vogrin Maggie Smith Poetry Submitted Manuscript Maggie Smith's Editing Notes Final Version Interview with Maggie Smith Mark Doten Novel Excerpt Submitted Manuscript with Editing Marks Interview with Mark Doten Student Examples Grace Dillow Short Fiction Submitted Manuscript with Editing Marks Final Version Interview with Grace Dillow Sarah Tam Short Fiction Submitted Manuscript Final Version Interview with Sarah Tam Test Editing From Observation to Practice Global Editing Editing with a Heavy Hand Editing with the Body Selection and Sequencing Editing with Lenses Scalpel Edit Crafting an Editing Philosophy Appendix Editing Philosophy Statements: Student Examples Chelsea Yedinak Mackenzie Thompson Lydia Gentry CPR Dummy Stories Dispatch from the Bunker We All Just Pretended to Like It So You Wouldn't Flunk Us Evolution N2 - "A field guide to the trade and art of editing, this book pulls back the curtain on the day-to-day responsibilities of a literary magazine editor in their role, and to the specific skills necessary to read, mark-up and transform a piece of writing. Combining a break-down of an editor's tasks - including creating a vision, acquisitions, responding to submissions and corresponding with authors - with a behind-the-scenes look at manuscripts in progress, the book rounds up with a test editing section that teaches, by way of engaging exercises, the nitty-gritty strategies and techniques for working on all kinds of texts. Generous in its insight and access to practicing editors' annotations and thought processes, The Invisible Art of Literary Editing offers an exclusive look at nonfiction, fiction and poetry manuscripts as they were first submitted, as they were marked up by an editor and how the final piece was presented before featuring an interview with the editor on the choices they made about that piece of work, as well as their philosophies and working practices in their job. As a skill and a trade learnt through practice and apprenticeship, this is the ultimate companion to editing any piece of work, offering opportunities for learning-by-doing through exercises, reflections and cases studies, and inviting readers to embody the role of an editor to improve their craft and demystify the processes involved in this exciting and highly coveted profession"-- Provided by publisher ER -