The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago Or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships With Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Saller, Carol Fisher

ISBN 10: 022624007X / ISBN 13: 9780226240077

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016

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pp. 208.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago Or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships With Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022624007X
• ISBN 13: 9780226240077
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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In this second edition, Saller adds new chapters, on the dangers of allegiance to outdated grammar and style rules and on ways to stay current in language and technology.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.” Saller’s own gaffes provide firsthand (and sometimes humorous) examples of exactly what not to do. The revised content reflects today’s publishing practices while retaining the self-deprecating tone and sharp humor that helped make the first edition so popular. Saller maintains that through carefulness, transparency, and flexibility, editors can build trust and cooperation with writers.

The Subversive Copy Editor brings a refreshingly levelheaded approach to the classic battle between writers and editors. This sage advice will prove useful and entertaining to anyone charged with the sometimes perilous task of improving the writing of others.

About the Author

Carol Fisher Saller, now retired, was a senior manuscript editor at the University of Chicago Press, chief copyeditor of the sixteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, and longtime editor of the CMOS Online Q&A.