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Why every edit I do is a “close read”
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Why every edit I do is a “close read”

ByJosh Bernoff November 13, 2020May 3, 2023

Sometimes people request that I do a “light edit” on their document, book chapter, or book. “Just give it a read and let me know what it needs,” they say. I can’t actually do that. I only know how to do a close read. How I do a developmental edit There is a switch in…

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