Journal Entry 7- Professional Editing Strategies

1. The author summarized in one paragraph about what more she was trying to find out through research when she said she was conducting an activity that consists in, “comprehending and evaluating a text written by a given author and in making making modifications to this text in accordance with the assignment or mandate given by a client. Such modifications may target aspects of information, organization, or form with a view to improving the quality of the text and enhancing its communicational effectiveness”.
2. Their research method consisted of a case study in helping them to collect information. In order to understand the information that they collected from the case study, they used a procedure called protocol analysis. Protocol analysis is a tool developed by cognitive psychologists that has been widely used to understand the process underlying both writing and revision.
3. Unlike students, professional editors rarely have to read to grasp what their assignment because they almost receive it orally from their clients. While in the students case, when it comes to reading and editing, they have to read it numerous times to catch even the littlest of miistakes.