Invisible Art of Literary Editing

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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• Guias de escrita e redacção
• Literatura e estudos literários
• Escrita criativa ; técnicas e conselhos
• Indústria das publicações

Literary magazine editing; editor; literary magazine editor; publishing; line editing; acquisitions; submissions; creative writing; writers; professional writing; literary publishing