Panel of Editors: Phil Ouellet, Lynne Riggs, Ginny Tapley

What qualifies one to work as an editor? What should one do before starting to edit? How does editing differ from “checking,” proofreading, rewriting, copywriting, and so on? What are the various types (levels) of editing? What editing/writing authorities can one turn to? What else should one know to be a good editor? How much should one charge?

The workshop will include a general discussion of the questions above, as well as hands-on editing and discussion of short texts (200 words or less) submitted by attendees.

If you would like to submit a text to be edited and/or a problem to be discussed, please [url=https://www.swet.jp/contact.php?mt=events]write to the organizers[/url]. (Note, however, that due to the limited time of the workshop perhaps not all pieces submitted will be considered during the workshop.) Persons who sign up will receive more details prior to the workshop.

Phil Ouellet is a law school graduate who has been working as an editor in Japan since 1989, primarily in the fields of law, government, business, public relations, information technology, patents, social sciences, and philosophy and religion.

Lynne Riggs is a non-fiction translator and editor of translations mainly in the humanities and social sciences, especially for quarterly periodicals and scholarly books. Co-owner of small translating firm and managing editor of Monumenta Nipponica.

Ginny Tapley is an editor at Kodansha International, working with fiction and non-fiction titles including illustrated books. Her previous experience in publishing has been as a literary agent as well as reader, translator, and editor.

RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS EVENT. Please [url=https://www.swet.jp/contact.php?mt=events]contact the organizers[/url] to sign up.

Date: June 25, 2005 (Saturday)

Time: 2:00-5:00 P.M.

Fee: 3,000 yen

Place: Sophia University No. 7 Building
7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554

Access: Yotsuya Station, JR railway; Marunouchi and Nanboku subway lines.
Enter Main Gate (Sei-mon), turn left at main campus crossroads and go to 12th floor of tall, white 15-story building (No. 7 Bldg.) in front of the North Gate (this gate is not open on Saturdays). See [url=http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/yotsuya_map]campus map[/url] and [url=http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/yotsuya_access]access map[/url].