Make your manuscript work : a guide to developmental editing for scholarly writers / Laura Portwood-Stacer.
- 作者： Portwood-Stacer, Laura.
- 其他題名：
- Skills for scholars (Princeton University Press)
- 出版： Princeton : Princeton University Press c2025.
- 叢書名： Skills for scholars
- 主題： Academic writing--Vocational guidance. , Editing--Vocational guidance.
- ISBN： 9780691257464 (pbk.) :: USD19.95 、 9780691257471 (hbk.)
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.
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讀者標籤：
- 系統號： 005308304 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
"Developmental editing holds the power to make a manuscript connect with publishers and readers, yet few scholarly writers have the training to do it well. Make Your Manuscript Work offers a practical method for assessing and refining the features of their texts that matter most-argument, evidence, structure, and style. This guide shows scholarly writers how to identify what's been holding their writing back and fix it so they can accomplish their publication goals. Laura Portwood-Stacer, a writer, editor, and consultant for academic authors, explains how manuscripts move through the publication process and identifies the key stages for authors to improve their texts. She helps writers better understand who they are writing for and why, enabling them to determine what their drafts need most to move forward. Drawing on a decade of experience as a developmental editor of scholarly manuscripts, Portwood-Stacer details the most common opportunities for development she's encountered and shares practical tips for implementing needed edits. The book also includes a checklist of assessment questions, examples from real scholarly manuscripts, tips on seeking additional help, and advice on offering developmental editing assistance to other writers."--
內容註
Introduction: how to develop a scholarly manuscript -- Phase I. Clarify your mission. Three moments for manuscript development -- Delineate your goals, timeline, and capacity -- Phase II. Assess you text. Read your manuscript like an editor -- Opportunities to develop your argument -- Opportunities to develop your evidence -- Opportunities to develop your structure -- Opportunities to develop your style -- Phase III. Plan and execute your edits. Draft your editorial summary -- Itemize your edits -- Alter your text -- Conclusion: Let your manuscript do its work