Editing (author, electronic, literary)
Editing refers to putting something (such as a literary work) into an acceptable form for publication.
Editing is selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media to transmit information. This procedure includes correction, condensation, organization, and other transformations to make correct, consistent, accurate and complete work. The editing procedure frequently begins with the author's idea for the work itself, continuing as a cooperation between the author and the editor in creating the work. Hence, editing can include creative skills, human relations, and an accurate set of methods [Definitions.net].
Editing is a phase of the writing procedure in which a writer or editor attempts to develop a draft by correcting mistakes and making words and sentences more transparent, more accurate, and as effective as possible. The editing procedure includes adding, removing, and rearranging words to cut the mess-up and streamline the whole structure.
Two types of editing may be distinguished: ongoing editing and draft editing. Most authors edit as they write and write as they edit, and it's impossible to slice cleanly between the two. First, they're writing; they change a word in sentences, write a few sentences more, then back up a clause to change that semicolon to a dash or edit a sentence. Then, a new idea suddenly appears from a word change, so they write a new paragraph where until that moment, nothing else was needed [ThoughtCo].
Editing is critically inspecting a text to develop it in some way. To edit text means to:
To remove errors that undermine communication.
To adopt a voice, tone, character, and writing style appropriate for a rhetorical situation.
To simplify, remove wordiness, and facilitate clarity [WritingCommons].
There are three major types of editing:
Author editing.
This is the editing process by editor manuscripts that have been drafted by the author (or authors) but have not yet been submitted to a publisher for publication [ENCYCLO.CO.UK].
Electronic editing.
This type of editing is done to a Microsoft Word file. It covers careful line editing to correct errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, noncompliance with the Chicago style, the style of punctuation, capitalization, and other details that book publishers follow [ZebraCommunications].
Literary editing.
This type of editing refers to a process of executing serious changes to the original text to develop it. People often confuse literary editing with proofreading, but these terms are not interchangeable. On the contrary, proofreading and literary editing are quite different: the first mainly implies correcting rough mistakes, including spelling or punctuation errors, whereas the latter is a full-scale editing process, including, among other things, the correction of syntax, style, morphology, and other kinds of mistakes. In other words, literary editing is a serious modification of an author’s text, containing numerous changes and improvements [WIKI: Jobs for editors].
⠀ Author editing definition. ENCYCLO.CO.UK. Retrieved from: https://www.encyclo.co.uk/meaning-of-Author_editing.
⠀ Editing. WritingCommons. Retrieved from: https://writingcommons.org/section/editing/.
⠀ Literary editing. WIKI: Jobs for editors. Retrieved from: https://wiki.jobsforeditors.com/literary-editing.html.