2/15/16

Planning Memo Project #1

Audience Gregory Wickliff, the instructor; Kevin Lindsay, the author; Bruce
Taylor, the Associate Dean for the Prospect for Success QEP; and Joan Lorden,
the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
The primary purpose my primary editing purpose is to make sure that
the document is clear and concise enough for the audience to read, but also
make sure that the document can get their message across well enough
without having to affect the main message.
Particular topics/tasks

Read and electronically edit the first six chapters of Chapter II B

Create a planning memo and a schedule
Send in an author inquiry containing three questions about the
document
Compare the edits with peers and consolidate
Summarize the edits in the letter of transmittal

Schedule
February 15: First six pages of either chapters 1 or 2 edited and
due; turn in author inquiries and planning memo
February 22: (by or on) Marked Draft peer reviewed
February 29: (by or on) Marked Draft #2 w/ assessment and Letter
of Transmittal
Tone or voice My editing voice always asks questions about sections or
parts of a document that either doesnt sit well with me or makes me wonder
what the context is. I make sure that my edits do not largely take away what
the author is trying to get at; rather, I try to see if I can make that message
come across better without losing the authors voice. Im a little bit blunt, but
when I make suggestions, its not a command, nor a directive. Theyre just
gentle suggestions where I provide an alternative, or at least a lead to an
alternative, and the author has a choice as to whether they can accept the
alternative or not.