Journal Entry 7

1.What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides their work)?
The writer was trying to find out the processes of editors writing professional editors writing and strategies by observing and examining some writers. “What defines revision in a professional context? How is their revision process influenced by the mandate they receive, their concept of revision, and their experience?”

2.What is the research methodology of this article (how do they collect their information, and how do they analyze the information they collect)?
They separated the editors into two groups based on experience and then based on their conception of the task.

3.How does professional editing differ from how students revise their own work?
Professional editors, unlike students, are paid therefore they put more effort into it because it’s their job.