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Subject:Re: Editing Theory Resources Sought From:Kenneth Marks <xxltall -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Apr 1998 12:59:52 PDT
Regina, I've edited for many years. I know about different kinds of
editing and levels of editing, but I've never heard of theories of
editing. I can't even come up with a good guess. Can you or some other
list member define the term or give a couple examples of editing
theories?
>Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 08:20:50 -0700
>Reply-To: rpbrown -at- CALPOLY -dot- EDU
>From: Regina Brown <rpbrown -at- CALPOLY -dot- EDU>
>Subject: Editing Theory Resources Sought
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>
>Hello friends. I'm a TW student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and I
plan
>to work as a consultant when I finish my program this fall. I'm
>currently writing a long research paper for one of my TW classes and
the
>subject is Editing Theories.
>
>If anyone has any thoughts, resources, or know of any helpful books,
>please reply off-line. I'll compile and post the results later. I've
>been following this list for a while and have picked up a LOT of useful
>career information. Thanks, future colleagues.
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