Make Your Manuscript Work
a guide to developmental editing for scholarly writers
$36.97
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2025
Summary
Manuscript Makeover: A Scholar’s Guide to Publishing Success
Developmental editing holds the power to make a manuscript connect with publishers and readers, yet few scholarly writers have the training to do it well. Make Your Manuscript Work offers a practical method for assessing and refining the features of their texts that matter most - argument, evidence, structure, and style. This guide shows scholarly writers how to identify what’s been holding their writing back and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691257464 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691257469 |
| Series: | Skills for Scholars |
| Author: | Laura Portwood-Stacer |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
About The Author
Laura Portwood-Stacer
Laura Portwood-Stacer, PhD, is a developmental editor and founder of Manuscript Works, a consultancy serving academic authors around the world. She is the author of The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors (Princeton) and Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism and previously taught media and cultural studies at New York University and the University of Southern California.
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