<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, ryan.</div><div><br></div><div>In the biopharm world, we encourage writers (both professional writers and professionals who write) to be forthcoming about the issues that arise during drug development, to be candid about areas of uncertainty, to disrupt inherited but non-productive work practices, and to carefully consider the traditionally neglected patient populations. I like the subversive thread here, as I think change in organizations often arises from below through guerilla tactics. Drug development traditionally favors developed countries, caucasian and Asian populations, and profitable mega-companies.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Steve Bernhardt<br></div>Bayside DE<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:46 PM ryan moeller <<a href="mailto:rylish.moeller@gmail.com">rylish.moeller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">i appreciate your point about editors’ various roles and awarenesses in those roles, Professor Bernhardt! i’m finding Fisher Saller’s <i>The Subversive Copy Editor</i> really helpful in that regard, but from a general editorial perspective. thanks for the callout of your text, too. <div><br></div><div>best, r. </div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 1, 2022, at 10:04 AM, Stephen Bernhardt <<a href="mailto:sab@udel.edu" target="_blank">sab@udel.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">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.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">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.</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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