The craft of editing / edited by Adnan Mahmutovic and Lucy Durneen.

Includes index.

Final instructions for my disposal / Vince Passaro and Jennifer Drew -- To the rainforest room / Robin Hemley and Jennifer Sahn -- The expo / Sybil Baker and Autumn Watts -- The king of the ball / Fririk Solnes Jonsson & Lucy Durneen -- Everything I know about comic books* (*and what I am afraid to ask.) / Lucy Durneen and Adnan Mahmutovic.

"Using genuine case studies from published works - including annotated manuscripts and debates between author and editor - this book deals with the issue of editing through direct analytical engagement. Durneen and Mahmutovic, both published writers themselves, bring transparency to the mystique that often surrounds the craft and practice of editing, from draft through to publication. This is an essential part of any writing experience, but one that is often not covered in CW courses. This book reveals some major stakes, notions, and practices surrounding editing. Through cooperation with journal editors and individual writer-practitioners they find, despite many common denominators, quite singular and authentic practices"-- Provided by publisher.