From “do nothing” to “do whatever it takes”: how to handle an manuscript that needs a lot more work than was thought. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.Mentioned in this post:
- My earlier on post on when to accept less than less than your best
- Series of posts at Copyediting.com related to “triage editing”
- Katherine Pickett’s post about a her experiences returning manuscripts “unedited”
- Carolyn Haley’s advice on Katharine O’Moore-Klopf’s Editor Mom blog re crummy projects and the idea of doing “good enough”
Photo by David Blackwell used under CC BY-2.0 license.