Writers, copy editors, proofreaders, you have permission. Because we're informed by convention, we make editorial decisions with thrift. Not a blind application of the rules, our editorial decisions must fit; most of all, you must make them. With each piece, you run a course between the way people have read before and the way people can possibly read. While your editorial decisions will be likely always conventional, it's important to remember that they don't come from a book: They come from you, from a relationship with writing, from the objective of your project.
Let me cut short the editorial manifesto and simply re-post here, with a salute to Carol Fisher Saller for giving permission to writers, editors, and proofreaders who might have yet unrealized latitude. Thanks, Saller. I frequently turn to Chicago for my editorial starch and dairy. (Plus, the online edition is solid!)
Take the jump below to Saller's blog:
Rules Are Not Shoes: Finding the Fit - The Subversive Copy Editor Blog
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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