Journal #7

1-29-09

The writer is trying to figure out the strategies and processes of professional editors of writing. He/she wants to figure out the revision process of these professionals by observing them in their workplace as they edited.

They collect their information by filming the editors as they "engaged in their practice," in other words, as they were revising writing. Their work approach strategies were analyzed by researches and put into categories of what they look for. 

About all of the revision that students do is from self-knowledge, or using problem-solving skills at that very moment to edit text. Professional editors use the same strategy, but only about half of the time. The other half, they are using actual outside sources to edit.