Second session of the day: 'Guiding principles for developmental fiction editing' with @The_CIEP advanced professional member Sophie Playle of @liminal_pages. I'm excited about this even though I don't edit fiction any more. #CIEP2021
I want to add developmental editing to my academic and nonfiction editing services. Am hoping I can takeaway lots of transferables from this session. #CIEP2021
What is developmental editing? Addresses the big picture, not the details. Useful to compare the process to building a house - brilliant example by @liminal_pages. #CIEP2021 1/
Check the foundations (idea, structure etc). Think about guiding principles (GPs). They help to focus on the job at hand. #CIEP2021 2/
✅ GP1. Not your book (your job is to help writer make it *their* best book; understand *their* creative/publishing goals; align suggestions w/ *their* vision) #CIEP2021 3/
✅ GP2. *You* define your service (call it what you want, offer as many or few passes as you want, decide on extent of comments and edits in text - all as long as you keep in mind GP1 and focus on the Big Picture) #CIEP2021 4/
✅ GP3. Be objective (subjective = diff tastes + opinions; objective = emotional + analytical; use emotion to lead and ask why Qs to analyse; analysis is *not* opinion, should be considered and based on preferences. #CIEP2021 5/
✅ GP4. Understand 'rules' (none in fiction!; conventions and recommendations exist, which are linked to expectations; understand why of a convention, not apply cos it is one; discern when/how using conventions will help the text; understand exceptions to advice) #CIEP2021 6/
@liminal_pages says, read widely, but discerningly. Good advice for all editors. The guiding principles are fab advice for developmental editing of academic or any other kind of text really. End. #CIEP2021
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