Unlike the myriad writing manuals that emphasize grammar sentence structureand other skills necessary for entrylevel editing jobs this engaging bookadopts a bro... » 

Unlike the myriad writing manuals that emphasize grammar sentence structureand other skills necessary for entrylevel editing jobs this engaging bookadopts a broader view beginning with the larger topics of audience missionand tone and working its way down layer by layer to the smaller questions ofgrammar and punctuation. Based on Michael Evanss years of experience as aneditor and supplemented by invaluable observations from the editors of morethan sixty magazines including The Atlantic Better Homes and GardensEbony Esquire and National Geographic this book reveals the peopleoriented nature of the job. «