Honors Theses
Advisor
Patrick Thomas
Department
English
Publication Date
5-1-2021
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
This study investigates the practices that professional editors use when evaluating manuscripts for publication. Specifically, I ask: 1) Which edits are the most essential to the overall development of a text? and 2) How does the editor serve as the bridge between writer and reader? In seeking answers to these questions, I apply the editorial practices for reading and manuscript development reported by professional editors to my work as an editor of one writer’s memoir manuscript currently in the process of revision. Drawing on interviews with the author and changes to the manuscript itself, I examine the role of the editor in shaping both the author’s work and the author’s memories included in the manuscript. As the author seeks publication of her memoir, I employ the knowledge from working editors to assist her in preparing the manuscript for submission.
Permission Statement
This item is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) and may only be used for noncommercial, educational, and scholarly purposes.
Keywords
Undergraduate research
Disciplines
English Language and Literature
eCommons Citation
Cahill, Margaret M., "The Author’s Words and the Editor’s Pen, A Self-Study in Editorial Decision Making" (2021). Honors Theses. 310.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses/310
