Contents

Introduction: I Hear You

Part One: Working with the Writer, For the Reader

1 The Subversive Copy Editor
2 The Good Launch
3 Working for the Reader, through the Writer: Carefulness, Transparency, Flexibility
4 When Things Get Tough: The Difficult Author
5 Dear Writers: A Chapter of Your Own

Part Two: Working with Your Colleagues and Yourself

6 When Things Get Tough (the Sequel): The Dangerous Manuscript
7 Know Thy Word Processor
8 The Living Deadline
9 That Damned Village: Managing Work Relationships
10 The Freelancer’s Quandaries
11 The Zen of Copyediting

Appendix: You Still Want to Be a Copy Editor? Breaking In
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Index