Post by account_disabled on Dec 24, 2023 3:56:13 GMT -5
To link to the previous question, I operate in very small companies, I work independently and I mainly deal with the evaluation and drafting of texts. I then have contacts with various publishers and I propose them the texts that I consider absolutely valid. In practice I follow the opposite path to the traditional one. I dedicate myself to the text before it reaches the publisher and, if I have to be honest, I can't find a dull moment in this mechanism. There is a particular enthusiasm that permeates the entire process. From the simple "typo hunt" to the rewriting of entire paragraphs. When a period that was previously struggling dissolves, it's as if magic happens.
The same goes for the bare layout. Giving balance to a page from a visual point of view is a job that requires eye, patience and millimetric precision. But in the transition from the word version to the final one, the text changes completely. Even if the content remains the same. If this isn't magic... How do you become an editor? What studies need to be done and what knowledge must someone who Special Data wants to pursue a career as an editor have? Editing courses are now pouring in like snow. There are many of them, at universities, in training centers, even publishers promote paid courses to compensate for their shortfall in budgets. The truth is that learning the technique is only the smallest part of an editor's training. First of all you need a love for books. Not the love of a reader nor that of a writer who, generally, loves his own things much more than those of others. It takes a generic and boundless love.
Love for the words they contain but also for the material they are made of. Have you ever put your nose to the paper of a book you just bought? And one pulled out after years and years from a library? Well, if the answer is yes, maybe you already have a bit of an editor in you. You can always work on technique. The opposite, however, is completely impossible. Spending hours, days, weeks staring at pages and pages, dissecting every single flaw and every hidden meaning can be frustrating if you don't do it with passion and dedication. Obviously a good course helps, I did a two-year master's degree, opting for a less clever solution than those who can do it in a few days or a few weeks, certain however of being able to aspire to a higher level of preparation than average. . Obviously it is a very demanding choice both from a personal and economic point of view. But it allowed me to feel more confident in my abilities to present myself to others.
The same goes for the bare layout. Giving balance to a page from a visual point of view is a job that requires eye, patience and millimetric precision. But in the transition from the word version to the final one, the text changes completely. Even if the content remains the same. If this isn't magic... How do you become an editor? What studies need to be done and what knowledge must someone who Special Data wants to pursue a career as an editor have? Editing courses are now pouring in like snow. There are many of them, at universities, in training centers, even publishers promote paid courses to compensate for their shortfall in budgets. The truth is that learning the technique is only the smallest part of an editor's training. First of all you need a love for books. Not the love of a reader nor that of a writer who, generally, loves his own things much more than those of others. It takes a generic and boundless love.
Love for the words they contain but also for the material they are made of. Have you ever put your nose to the paper of a book you just bought? And one pulled out after years and years from a library? Well, if the answer is yes, maybe you already have a bit of an editor in you. You can always work on technique. The opposite, however, is completely impossible. Spending hours, days, weeks staring at pages and pages, dissecting every single flaw and every hidden meaning can be frustrating if you don't do it with passion and dedication. Obviously a good course helps, I did a two-year master's degree, opting for a less clever solution than those who can do it in a few days or a few weeks, certain however of being able to aspire to a higher level of preparation than average. . Obviously it is a very demanding choice both from a personal and economic point of view. But it allowed me to feel more confident in my abilities to present myself to others.