Journal Entry 7

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides their work)?

What defines revision in a professional context? What approach is taken by those who make their living revising—that is, professional editors? Are their resemblances between their strategies? How is their revision process influenced by the mandate they receive, their conception of revision, and their experience?

What is the research methodology of this article (how do they collect their information, and how do they analyze the information they collect)?

By initiating a case study where editors were participating and through that the editing of these professional editors undergoes thorough revision and many questions are asked to what influenced their changes or revision of the text


How does professional editing differ from how students revise their own work?

The professional editor will not make any amendment to influence, change or improve the writes style rather the editor takes a neutral view towards the paper. Second is if author of the text reviews himself he/she can make amendments to their however much they would like while if edited by a professional a mandate that restricts changes he can make to the text