Overview

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.

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Author:   Bryan Furuness (Senior Lecturer of English, Butler University, Butler University, USA) ,  Sarah Layden (Assistant Professor of English, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350296480

ISBN 10:   1350296481
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   09 March 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Bios Acknowledgments Introduction How this Book is Organized The Focus of this Book 1) Aesthetic: You know it when you see it A Few Words About Mission Exercise: Mission and Aesthetic Vision Exercise: Build a Prototype Journal 2) Acquisition Solicited Subs Unsolicited Work Submission Guidelines Call for Submissions Strategies for Dealing with Submissions Case Study: descant literary magazine Case Study: Rose Metal Press 3) 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 4) Correspondence Initial Contact Sending Edits Confirmation 5) Case Studies Julie Riddle Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay Valerie Vogrin Creative Nonfiction/Personal Essay Maggie Smith Poetry Mark Doten Fiction Student Example: Grace Dillow Fiction 6) Test Editing Global Editing Editing with a Heavy Hand Editing with the Body Selection and Sequencing Editing with Lenses Scalpel Edit Crafting an Editing Philosophy: A Capstone Assignment Appendix CPR Dummy Stories Dispatch from the Bunker We All Just Pretended To Like it So You Wouldn't Flunk Us Evolution Editing Philosophy Statements: Student Examples Chelsea Yedinak Mackenzie Thompson Lydia Gentry Index

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The Invisible Art of Literary Editing is a compact book at a very reasonable price that gives faculty advisors a starting point for teaching the next generation of editors. * Technical Communication * Faculty who manage [literary] journals have a complex job of teaching students the various types of editing on top of topics ranging from print and online production to social media to sales and marketing—all without a textbook, until now. the invisible art of literary editing fills a crucial part of this void by focusing on the editing of creative prose in literary journals. * Kelly A. Harrison, Technical Communication *

The Invisible Art of Literary Editing is a compact book at a very reasonable price that gives faculty advisors a starting point for teaching the next generation of editors. * Technical Communication *

Author Information

Bryan Furuness is Senior Lecturer of English, Butler University, USA and is the author of the novels Do Not Go On and The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson. He has also edited several anthologies, including My Name Was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Remixed. Sarah Layden is Assistant Professor of English, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA. She is the author of Trip Through Your Wires and The Story I Tell Myself About Myself. Her recent nonfiction appears in The Washington Post, Poets & Writers, Salon, and The Millions.

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