Here’s a personal story. Before I became a freelance developmental editor and consultant, I held a post as associate editor at the journal Feminist Media Studies. With my co-editor (the awesome Susan Berridge at University of Stirling), I was responsible for the Commentary & Criticism section of the journal. Six times a year, we put out open calls for essay submissions around various themes. We would sometimes get dozens of submissions for any given issue, but we never had much trouble narrowing the submissions down to a handful that we were actually prepared to publish after some revisions. Why was it so easy to eliminate most submissions from the running? Because most people simply didn’t make any kind of argument in their essays. An author might come to us with a fun topic or an interesting opinion that piqued our interest, but without a clear thesis, the piece didn’t hold our attention.
Strong Arguments Make Strong Books
Strong Arguments Make Strong Books
Strong Arguments Make Strong Books
Here’s a personal story. Before I became a freelance developmental editor and consultant, I held a post as associate editor at the journal Feminist Media Studies. With my co-editor (the awesome Susan Berridge at University of Stirling), I was responsible for the Commentary & Criticism section of the journal. Six times a year, we put out open calls for essay submissions around various themes. We would sometimes get dozens of submissions for any given issue, but we never had much trouble narrowing the submissions down to a handful that we were actually prepared to publish after some revisions. Why was it so easy to eliminate most submissions from the running? Because most people simply didn’t make any kind of argument in their essays. An author might come to us with a fun topic or an interesting opinion that piqued our interest, but without a clear thesis, the piece didn’t hold our attention.