Journal - 7

The author of this article , Jocelyn Bisaillon, is trying to figure out how editors actually improve the pieces they work on. In this article, the author describes the process used to revise and edit text. In her writing, she asks some basic questions - "how do people edit works?" and "how to professional editors do their job?"

Usually for research, the article says that researchers will create practice tasks by using a text they have either created themselves or have previously edited themselves. Then, the researcher will give this text to participants to edit, and collect the edited texts to obtain the results of the study. In editing, it is hard to study because there are many factors that contribute to how a person edits, including time and the target audience. These factors will alter how editors will revise a certain text.

Students generally will have to read to grasp the entire context of the document before any editing can occur. However, professional editors do not have to read or understand the concept of the work to be able to edit. Usually, professional editors will receive the concept of the text by word of mouth of the author of the text, the editor's client. The idea of an editor's job is not to search for correct information in terms of validation of material; but, their job is to read, comprehend, evaluate, solve problems, and make checks within the writing.