{"product_id":"author-and-editor-at-work-making-a-better-work-paperback-softback-9780802064493","title":"Author and Editor at Work; Making a Better Work (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802064493","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAuthor and Editor at Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaking a Better Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElsie Myers Stainton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802064493\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1982\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 0.5 cm, 0.15 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a small book of commonsense advice to authors and editors – how to practise their own crafts successfully, and how they may work most effectively with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;As managing editor of a publishing house,\u0026amp;#x2019; Stainton explains, \u0026amp;#x2018;I have seen intelligent writers reject sensible improvements proposed by editors, and I have also seen experienced editors about to suggest unnecessary changes to authors. Often, though, the lively mix of good suggestions and a willing author accomplishes small wonders. That happy combination is what I aim to foster here.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn separate sections, Stainton speaks first to authors, then to editors. A third section deals with relations between the two and a fourth provides an annotated critical bibliography of two kinds of key reference works – dictionaries and guide to style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElise Stainton\u0026amp;#x2019;s shrewd words will be of practical help to everyone who is or aspires to be an author or editor. They will interest all who have to write for a living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52542618009880,"sku":"9780802064493","price":12.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/author-and-editor-at-work-making-a-better-work-paperback-softback-9780802064493","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}