Writing my 1st abstract draft
An editor is a like a second author. They make changes and suggestions that can make or break a manuscript. My ethnographic research project is going to focus how a relationship with an author can influence an editor. This research will help people understand how to become and effect editor when dealing with different kinds of authors. First I need to know how my subject understands the requirements of an editor. I feel it is important to note that my subject is co-owner of a publishing company. This divides my subject duties. I will also learn about how this added responsibility affects the editing process.
I hope to learn the similarities and differences in the editing process when dealing with an author. In order to do this, I will need to examine my subject's comments and learn about the author's goals for their work. I am relying on my subject for the author's goals, because I will not have any contact with the author personally. In my conclusion, I will state the major similarities and differences of my subjects editing process with the various influences and responsibilities my subject faces.
1 comment:
Overall, nice work here. Try to smooth the transition from the first two sentences into your statement of your research project; more specifically, try to add one logical link here; in effect, try to create this sequence of ideas: (1) here's a question/concern I'm interested in; (2) to answer this question, I'm going to conduct an ethnograhopic research project; and 3) My project is going to focus on Person X.
On a related topic, try to describe the research problem and/or research question in more detail. What are specific concerns that an editor needs to keep in mind, what are specific aims that an editor needs to achieve, what are specific goals that the editor needs to use communication to achieve?
FInally, I'm not sure what you mean by the "similarities and differences" discussion in the second paragraph. How about simply stating that you're going to examine the editor's work and writing process to discover how she manages the production of a text and cultivates/sustains the author-editor relationship.
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