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My primary work is taking a manuscript written

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by a Holocaust survivor

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and turning that into a published book. You

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start by reading the whole manuscript

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and trying not to immediately intervene in an editorial way,

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because you really need to get a sense of the author's voice

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and their writing style,

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their particular tone and their intent.

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If the survivor author is alive, I'd meet with them

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and talk about the process and what it's gonna be like.

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I do a substantive edit, which is, uh,

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thinking about the, the larger picture.

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I love a substantive edit.

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I really like putting something in order when it's not in

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order, and finding chapter breaks and chapter titles

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and really shaping the narrative.

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A lot of what I do is a line edit,

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which is making sure the writing sounds as polished

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and professional as it can while still keeping the voice

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of the Holocaust survivor author.

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It's making sure that it flows well

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and the paragraphs, uh, work

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Fact check And there's editing for grammar

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and we send it to proofreader.

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And it's, so, it's working with a language, working

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with a survivor, um, to make sure

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that the story is the story that they wanna tell.

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The most gratifying part of the process to me is

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having that book complete and printed

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and giving it to the survivor or their family

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because that sense of accomplishment for the author

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and for their family, knowing

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that the story is gonna live on, knowing

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that the story will be read, uh,

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that people won't forget them,

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and that people will learn from their story.