{"id":111,"date":"2016-08-10T12:08:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/?p=111"},"modified":"2016-10-31T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T17:14:19","slug":"module-9-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/module-9-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 9: Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Editing is not merely messing with someone else\u2019s work; it\u2019s an integral part of making sure that the written product is accurate, clear, and impactful. Bell (and I) divide editing into two phases: microediting (critiquing words and sentences for grammar, mechanics, and impact) and macroediting (critiquing paragraphs and story sections for coherence, logical flow, structure, and impact). And fact-checking is critically important. We will be studying peer edits as a means of learning how to edit ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refreshing knowledge of grammar, mechanics<\/li>\n<li>Understanding style, both conceptually and practically<\/li>\n<li>Editing peers with respect for their voice but commitment to clarity and coherence<\/li>\n<li>Perfecting one\u2019s own work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Steps to completion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Background:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bell, introduction and chapter 1<\/li>\n<li>Bell, chapter 2<\/li>\n<li>Microedit a classmate\u2019s (I will assign) profile in a new file and share with me and the author. Try one of the techniques suggested by Bell. Did it make a difference? Would you do it again or try something else? Write a short blog post about the experience by Nov. 4\u00a0in the Module 9 category using the \u201cmicroediting\u201d tag.<\/li>\n<li>Macroedit a classmate\u2019s (I will assign) profile in a new file and share with me and the author. Use the principles suggested by Bell as well as the checklist I will give you. Write a short blog post about the experience by Nov. 11 in the Module 9 category using the \u201cmacroediting\u201d tag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reflective:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class discussion Nov. 1: Microediting<\/li>\n<li>Class discussion Nov. 3: Microediting practice<\/li>\n<li>Class discussion Nov. 8: Macroediting<\/li>\n<li>Class discussion Nov. 10: Macroediting practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exploratory<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Final drafts of news analysis and pick-em stories due Nov. 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Editing is not merely messing with someone else\u2019s work; it\u2019s an integral part of making sure that the written product is accurate, clear, and impactful. Bell (and I) divide editing into two phases: microediting (critiquing words and sentences for grammar, mechanics, and impact) and macroediting (critiquing paragraphs and story sections for coherence, logical flow, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/module-9-editing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Module 9: Editing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-9","category-modules"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Ndkv-1N","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}