Recommended for:
Publishing executives, acquisitions editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, editorial outsourcing managers
Space is Limited
Session 2
Editors and the Changing Face of Publishing
Editors on Editing, Part II: Evaluating and Editing Today’s Manuscripts
In this session, editor and manuscript consultant Ross Browne will explore the distinctions between copy, line, and developmental editing and also the fundamental critical faculties that pertain to each task. This is intended to help editors and managing editors better understand the terrain and appropriate boundaries of these respective disciplines, with special attention to the conceptual evaluation of both fiction and nonfiction.
This interactive workshop will encourage discussion and provide attendees with helpful tools and materials to do their jobs more effectively and efficiently.
Presented by:
Ross Browne is the president and managing partner of The Editorial Department, LLC, the oldest freelance editing firm in the country. He has been editing books and consulting on manuscripts since 1992 and managing a veteran team of line, copy, and developmental book editors since 1998. He has worked closely with hundreds of authors and seen dozens of books through from first draft to publication. He has given workshops around the country on many different aspects of fiction craft and scouted talent for The Literary Group, Intl. Ross's favorite writers include John Irving, Carl Hiaasen, Lester Bangs, and Pat Conroy. He lives with his wife in Tucson, Arizona and enjoys playing golf and watching baseball. As a guitarist and songwriter in a local band, he is keenly interested in songwriting, studio recording, and biographies of influential musicians.
