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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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What Developmental Editing Is | |
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Whom This Book Is For | |
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What This Book Covers | |
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Some Ground Rules | |
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Concept: Shaping the Proposal | |
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Author Profile: The Veteran | |
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Client Profile: The Agent | |
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Assignment: The Proposal with Too Many Concepts | |
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Locate the Concept | |
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Profile the Audience | |
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Evaluate Market Potential | |
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Bring the Vision into Focus | |
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Content: Assessing Potential | |
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Author Profile: The First-Timer | |
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Client Profile: The Big Trade House | |
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Assignment: The Tome with Too Many Subjects | |
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Size Up the Author | |
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Size Up the Publisher | |
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Size Up the DE | |
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Create a Content Summary | |
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Find the Main Subject | |
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Thesis: Finding the Hook | |
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Author Profile: The Coauthors | |
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Client Profile: The Small Trade House | |
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Assignment: The Study with Too Many Theses | |
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Cull Theses from Topics | |
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Beware of the Rehash | |
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Choose the Main Thesis | |
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Create a Working Title | |
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Narrative: Tailoring the Timeline | |
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Author Profile: The Historian | |
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Client Profile: The Copublisher | |
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Assignment: The Sprawling Saga | |
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Untangle Timelines from Arguments | |
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Find the Main Timelines | |
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Brainstorm Timeline Strategies | |
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Compose the New Timeline | |
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Finetune the Timeline | |
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Restore Bits of Argument | |
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Exposition: Deploying the Argument | |
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Author Profile: The Theorist | |
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Client Profile: The University Press | |
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Assignment: The Theory with Too Many Tangents | |
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Untangle Arguments from Timelines | |
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Find the Main Arguments | |
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Brainstorm Argument Strategies | |
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Compose the New Argument | |
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Finetune the Argument | |
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Restore Bits of Timeline | |
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Plan: Drafting a Blueprint | |
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Write Up the Plan | |
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Compose Chapter Theses | |
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Intervene Strategically | |
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Rhythm: Setting the Pace | |
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Author Profile: The Sole Authority | |
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Client Profile: The Regional House | |
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Assignment: The Local History Turned Personal | |
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Rearrange the Furniture | |
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Draft New Passages | |
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Balance Chapter Weights | |
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Edit for Pace | |
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Transitions: Filling in the Blanks | |
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AuthorProfile: The Dead Author | |
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Client Profile: The Self-Publisher | |
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Assignment: The Memoir with Lapses | |
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Create Opening Transitions | |
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Create Closing Transitions | |
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Draw Conclusions | |
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Place Those Conclusions | |
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Style: Training the Voice | |
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Author Profile: The Journalist | |
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Client Profile: The Book Packager | |
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Assignment: The Story with Too Many Voices | |
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Set the Tone | |
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Parse the Rhetoric | |
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Master Abstraction | |
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Gauge the Ironies | |
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Harmonize the Voices | |
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Display: Dressing Up the Text | |
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Author Profile: The Author-for-Hire | |
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Client Profile: The Trade Reference House | |
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Assignment: The Guidebook with Poor Signage | |
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Consider Subheads | |
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Consider Epigraphs | |
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Draft an Art Plan | |
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Illustrate Concepts | |
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Visualize Data | |
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Test-Drive Maps | |
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Add Lagniappe | |
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Afterword | |
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Further Reading | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Index | |