Developmental Editing

Preface
Introduction

            What Developmental Editing Is
            Whom This Book Is For
            What This Book Covers
            Some Ground Rules
 
1           Concept: Shaping the Proposal             
              Author Profile: The Veteran
             Client Profile: The Agent
             Assignment: The Proposal with Too Many Concepts
             Locate the Concept
             Profile the Audience
             Evaluate Market Potential
             Bring the Vision into Focus
 
2           Content: Assessing Potential
              Author Profile: The First-timer
             Client Profile: The Big Trade House
             Assignment: The Tome with Too Many Subjects
             Size Up the Author
             Size Up the Publisher
             Size Up the DE
             Create a Content Summary
             Find the Main Subject
 
3          Thesis: Finding the Hook
            Author Profile: The Coauthors
            Client Profile: The Small Trade House
            Assignment: The Study with Too Many Theses
            Cull Theses from Topics
            Beware of the Rehash
            Choose the Main Thesis
            Create a Working Title 
 
4          Narrative: Tailoring the Timeline
           Author Profile: The Historian
           Client Profile: The Copublisher
           Assignment: The Sprawling Saga
           Untangle Timelines from Arguments
           Find the Main Timelines
           Brainstorm Timeline Strategies
           Compose the New Timeline
           Finetune the Timeline
           Restore Bits of Argument
 
5         Exposition: Deploying the Argument
           Author Profile: The Theorist
          Client Profile: The University Press
          Assignment: The Theory with Too Many Tangents
          Untangle Arguments from Timelines
          Find the Main Arguments
          Brainstorm Argument Strategies
          Compose the New Argument
          Finetune the Argument
          Restore Bits of Timeline
 
6        Plan: Drafting a Blueprint
          Write Up the Plan
          Compose Chapter Theses
          Intervene Strategically
           
7        Rhythm: Setting the Pace
          Author Profile: The Sole Authority
         Client Profile: The Regional House
         Assignment: The Local History Turned Personal
         Rearrange the Furniture
         Draft New Passages
         Balance Chapter Weights
         Edit for Pace
 
8       Transitions: Filling in the Blanks
         Author Profile: The Dead Author
        Client Profile: The Self-Publisher
        Assignment: The Memoir with Lapses
        Create Opening Transitions
        Create Closing Transitions
        Draw Conclusions
        Place Those Conclusions
 
9      Style: Training the Voice
        Author Profile: The Journalist
       Client Profile: The Book Packager
       Assignment: The Story with Too Many Voices
       Set the Tone
       Parse the Rhetoric
       Master Abstraction
       Gauge the Ironies
       Harmonize the Voices
 
10   Display: Dressing Up the Text
       Author Profile: The Author-for-Hire
      Client Profile: The Trade Reference House
      Assignment: The Guidebook with Poor Signage
      Consider Subheads
      Consider Epigraphs
      Draft an Art Plan
      Illustrate Concepts
      Visualize D

Subjects

• Library Science and Publishing: Publishing
• Reference and Bibliography

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