“Subversive”?
You bet! Let’s overturn the stereotype of writer-editor battle. You know what I mean: the rigid, power-tripping editor versus the arrogant, stubborn writer? We need each other!
I want editors to resist compulsions, banish insecurities, and develop habits of carefulness, transparency, and flexibility. I want writers to rejoice in the clarity and lyricism a good editor can bring to their work.
And let’s be ready to break the rules and throw away the stylebook when it serves the reader. The best creative writers know the rules but aren’t afraid to bend them.
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Reviews of The Subversive Copy Editor
“Saller writes with wisdom and a great generosity of spirit. . . . An ideal complement to any style guide: practical, relentlessly supportive and full of ed-head laughs.” — Publishers Weekly | starred review
“An insider’s book to cure writers . . . while shoring up editors. . . . Good advice.” — William Safire | New York Times
“Carol Fisher Saller is the mentor that every copyeditor dreams of.” — Amy Einsohn | The Copyeditor’s Handbook
“Messrs. Strunk and White will find Saller to be good company.” — Jennifer Baldarama | New York Times
“If you admired—even loved—the first Subversive Copy Editor, you will perforce admire and love the second edition.“ — John McIntyre | Baltimore Sun
“The Subversive Copy Editor is a wise, witty, and thoroughly helpful companion to the work of editing.“ — Stan Carey | Sentence First
“The best book on editing I’ve ever read.“ — Jonathon Owen | Arrant Pedantry
Illustration: Too Much Work, courtesy Bilboq.