The Artful Edit is punctuated with insider comments on the pain and pleasure of writing and self-editing at the end each chapter, as well as ‘‘before and after’’ edited passages from well known authors in the instructional portion of the book. Bell, an experienced book editor and teacher in the graduate writing program at New York’s The New School, is clearly acquainted with an impressive array of authors who share their thoughts on self editing throughout the book. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby as a backdrop, contrasting the original version with masterful edits by Max Perkins, Fitzgerald’s trusted editor. Norton & Company, New York and London, 2007, 230 pp, $23.95, hardcover, ISBN: 978-2-2 Gretchen Webster Published online: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008 Susan Bell’s The Artful Edit is in itself an artful piece of writing, designed to show writers how they can tackle the difficult task of self-editing. Susan Bell: The Artful Edit Susan Bell: The Artful Edit
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