[ATTW-L] social justice in technical editing texts?

[ryan moeller]

i appreciate your point about editors’ various roles and awarenesses in those roles, Professor Bernhardt! i’m finding Fisher Saller’s The Subversive Copy Editor really helpful in that regard, but from a general editorial perspective. thanks for the callout of your text, too. 

best, r. 

ryan or rylish moeller

associate professor
technical communication & rhetoric
department of english
utah state university

pronouns: he.him.his


> On Feb 1, 2022, at 10:04 AM, Stephen Bernhardt <sab at udel.edu <mailto:sab at udel.edu>> wrote:
> 
> The important aspect of Carolyn’s textbook is it’s comprehensive coverage of a professional editor’s roles and skills. A lot of those skills are very particular. Editing demands close understanding of syntax, style, and punctuation. Some editorial tasks require complex markup and command of style sheets, templates, and levels of edit. You won’t get that kind of systematic detail in a collection of readings.
> 
> For what it's worth, my Writing at Work: Professional Writing Skills for People on the Job is miraculously still in print and generating sales, with some loyal adopters. We give close coverage to analyzing the writing situation, understanding syntax, style, and punctuation, and it is packaged with a set of exercises. This book does not cover the roles and specific skills of the professional editor, but it does work very well with students who need foundational understanding of how sentences work.

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