The invisible art of literary editing / Bryan Furuness and Sarah Layden

By:

Bryan Furuness [Author]

Contributor(s):

Sarah Layden [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Bloomsbury Academic, c2023.Description: 136 pages : illustrations ; 25cmISBN:

9781350296480

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 808.027 F98

Contents:

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

Summary: "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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
REFERENCE BOOKS	LAPULAPU-CEBU INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE REFERENCE SECTION	Reference	REF 808.027 F98 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005728

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

"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

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