Re: Tech. reviewers who copy edit

Subject: Re: Tech. reviewers who copy edit
From: CHRISTINE ANAMEIER <CANAMEIE -at- email -dot- usps -dot- gov>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:53:27 -0400



If the revisions improve the document, I'm delighted. (I've only met a couple of
reviewers who can consistently offer good suggestions, and I highly value their
feedback.)

If the revisions are detrimental or just idiosyncratic (personal grammatical
phobias and superstitions), then I thank the reviewer nicely for their
"suggestions," remind them that I'm looking for a *technical* review, and
discard what doesn't work.

If the revisions are detrimental AND the reviewer has approval authority, THEN
we have a problem. If they hand down the changes and I'm not allowed to revise
further to fix things, then <understatement>I'm not a happy
writer.</understatement> If they give me a chance to negotiate and revise to
find a solution everyone can live with, then everything usually turns out fine.

Christine

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