[Nfb-editors] question about editing articles

[Barbara Pierce]

The amount of time you should invest in getting a piece copy ready depends
in my view on it value. I just did something for the Monitor that I had to
make changes in almost every sentence to bring it to Monitor standard. But
it was a version of  one of the messages we try to publish in different
voices, so I thought it was worth the trouble. If the piece would not be
worth much even after it is edited and you have no particular political
reason to use the material, forget it. Remember that most people cannot
write, and, if they get words down effectively, they can't punctuate. That
is just life at the editor's desk.
Barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-editors-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-editors-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:06 PM
To: NFB Editors
Subject: [Nfb-editors] question about editing articles


Hello fellow editors,

 

I have a question for everyone.  I know we all struggle to get submissions
for our respective publications, but what do you do when a submission is so
grammatically insane it would take extreme creative editing?  Of the few
submissions I receive, I find myself having to edit way more than I should.
Is this a common problem for everyone, and how do you handle it?

 

Bridgit Pollpeter -NFBN
 		 	   		  
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