The subversive copy editor : advice from Chicago (or, how to negotiate good relationships with your writers, your colleagues, and yourself) / Carol Fisher Saller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saller, Carol, author.

Contributor:

J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.

Series:

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copy editing.

Physical Description:

xix, 186 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Summary:

Longtime manuscript editor and Chicago Manual of Style guru Carol Fisher Saller has negotiated many a standoff between a writer and editor refusing to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling. Saller realized that when these sides squared off, it was often the reader who lost. In her search for practical strategies for keeping the peace, The Subversive Copy Editor was born. Saller's ideas struck a chord, and the little book with big advice quickly became a must-have reference for copy editors everywhere. In this second edition, Saller adds new chapters, on the dangers of allegiance to outdated grammar and style rules and on ways to stay current in language and technology. She expands her advice for writers on formatting manuscripts for publication, on self-editing, and on how not to be "difficult."

Contents:

The subversive copy editor

The good launch

Working for the reader, through the writer : carefulness, transparency, flexibility

When things get tough : the difficult author

The misguided martyr, or, Laying down your life for the serial comma

Dear writers : a chapter of your own

When things get tough (the sequel) : the dangerous manuscript

Know thy word processor

The living deadline

That damned village : managing work relationships

The freelancer's quandaries

Things we haven't learned yet : keeping up professionally

The Zen of copyediting

You still want to be a copy editor? : Breaking in.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780226240077

9780226239903

022623990X

022624007X

OCLC:

924683725

Publisher Number:

99985035183

12595078