Make Your Manuscript Work

Name: Make Your Manuscript Work | A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers
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A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers

Laura Portwood-Stacer(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 22. Mai 2025

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Cover
Contents
Introduction: How to Develop a Scholarly Manuscript
What Is Manuscript Development?
Who Can Use the Method? On What Kinds of Texts? When?
How I Think About Manuscripts and Publishing
Phase I. Clarify Your Mission
1. Three Moments for Manuscript Development
Moment 1: Development Before Submission To Publishers
Moment 2: Development After Peer Review
Moment 3: Development After Approval for Publication
Use an Author Questionnaire to Clarify Your Mission in Manuscript Development
2. Delineate Your Goals, Timeline, and Capacity
Clarifying Your Goals
Clarifying Your Timeline
Clarifying Your Capacity
Use an Author Questionnaire to Clarify Your Mission in Manuscript Development, Part 2
Phase II. Assess Your Text
3. Read Your Manuscript Like an Editor
Marking Up the Text
Taking Your Time or Truncating the Assessment Process
Opportunities Versus Problems
4. Opportunities to Develop Your Argument
Give Your Text an Argument
Distinguish Your Main Argument from Subordinate Arguments and Other Types of Claims
Make Your Argument Portable
Sharpen Your Argument by Defining Your Main Concepts
Solidify Your Contribution by Aligning the Scope of Your Argument with the Interests of Your Intended Readers
5. Opportunities to Develop Your Evidence
Support All Arguments with Evidence
Provide Only As Much Support As Your Arguments Need
Present Sufficient and Reasonable Analysis of All Evidence
6. Opportunities to Develop Your Structure
Create a Strong Sense of Narrative with Your Book's Table of Contents
Organize Your Material in a Logical Flow at the Section and Paragraph Level
Consider Conventions When Deciding How to Organize Your Book into Parts
Use Titles, Headings, and Topic Sentences to Signal Content and Purpose to the Reader
Use Breaks and Transitions to Signal Relationships Between Parts of the Text
Shorten or Lengthen Your Text to Align with Reader Needs and Publisher Requirements
7. Opportunities to Develop Your Style
Foreground Your Own Ideas
Make Considered Choices About Notes
Strike a Consistent and Appropriate Tone
Clear Up Sentence-Level Obfuscations
A Few Words of Encouragement
Phase III. Plan and Execute Your Edits
8. Draft Your Editorial Summary
The Content of Your Editorial Summary
Close Your Summary by Listing Next Steps in Order of Priority
9. Itemize Your Edits
How to Itemize Your Edits
Keeping Edits in Scope with Your Plan
10. Alter Your Text
Five Tips for Executing Your Edits
After the Developmental Edit
Your Role in the Production Process
Conclusion: Let Your Manuscript Do Its Work
Acknowledgments
Appendix A. Checklist of Opportunities and Assessment Questions
Appendix B. Sample Editorial Materials
Appendix C. Supportive Readers in Manuscript Development
Appendix D. Using This Book's Method to Support Other Writers
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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