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Editorial humility: Who’s the boss of the book?
Manage episode 349065410 series 2499838
We discuss editorial humility and the question we should ask ourselves at the start of every project: Who’s the boss of the book?
Listen to find out more about
- Why the author is the boss of their book
- The kinds of changes we make
- Explaining the why of our edits
- Working with anxious authors
- Discovering the root of the author's worries
- Sample editing to reassure both parties
- Establishing the terms of service
- How editors provide services, not products
- When editors do get to be the boss
- 'Humbly, your copyeditor' (Liz Jones, Responsive Editing)
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Denise and Louise
- Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
- Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing
Music credit
'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod
131 episodes
Manage episode 349065410 series 2499838
We discuss editorial humility and the question we should ask ourselves at the start of every project: Who’s the boss of the book?
Listen to find out more about
- Why the author is the boss of their book
- The kinds of changes we make
- Explaining the why of our edits
- Working with anxious authors
- Discovering the root of the author's worries
- Sample editing to reassure both parties
- Establishing the terms of service
- How editors provide services, not products
- When editors do get to be the boss
- 'Humbly, your copyeditor' (Liz Jones, Responsive Editing)
Join our Patreon community
Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!
- patreon.com/editingpodcast
Denise and Louise
- Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
- Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing
Music credit
'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod
131 episodes
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