Journal 7

1. The research displays an interest in the strategies and processes of professional editors of writing. She did this by observing six professional writers. The main research questions that guided their work are: “What approach is taken by those who make their living revising-that is, professional editors? What defines revision in a professional context? How is their revision process influenced by the mandate they receive, their concept of revision, and their experience?”

2. In order to collect their data, they first separated the six editors into two groups. One group was for the expert editors and the other group was for the less experienced editors. They did this to see if experience plays a role with their behavior. Another research methodology for this article was to carefully film and observe the editors.

3. There are many differences between professional editors and student editors. For instance, the professional editors are paid by their writer; therefore, the editor can gain an insight on the writer’s ability to write as well as their writing tendencies. On the other hand, students cannot determine the level of writing skills of their peers. Also, in professional editing, editing is merely a process of writing. Whereas, self-revision is “one of the three sub processes of writing.” Another difference which was noted was that professional writers put more effort and time into their work than students do.