AKHAND-JYOTI

Writing is the process of presenting or expressing the thoughts in black and white. Writing emanates from thoughts. Better the thoughts, better the writing. Thus, the whole emphasis of the process of writing is on the thoughts, which go through the following three main stages in order to be expressed in a written format: Selecting the thought for writing Processing the thought for writing Producing / expressing the thought in the written format in the form of book, blog or newspaper, etc. While there are unlimited possibilities for the completion of the third stage, as there are several publishing houses and editors to help a writer to harness the best publishing possibilities, it is the realm of the first two stages in which the author has to mainly depend on his intuition, hard work and time. Selection of a thought : Thousands of thoughts rest in our mind. Some of them are active thoughts and some of them are inactive thoughts. The author has to ...

According to the popular type of writing today, two prominent styles can be identified---first, writing about people and second, writing about ideas. For example, in the first category, one can count the following of my previous entries---Rahul Gandhi [ Rahul Gandhi, a Godsend and an Angel and Rahul Gandhi Shoe Hurling Incident ], Mahatma Gandhi [ Mahatma Gandhi, as I Appreciate the Man ], Anna Hazare [ Who Guides Anna Hazare? ], P. Chidambaram [ P. Chidambaram and Rape in Delhi ], P. J. Thomas [ P. J. Thomas: A Critical Dismissal ] , former Pakistani President Musharraf [ PAKISTAN: AN INTERFERING NATION ], Baba Ram Dev [ Delhi Police, With You, For You, Always to… ], former Karnataka Chief Minister Mr. Yeddyurappa and former Libyan ruler Colonel Gaddafi [ Libya and Karnataka ] and Aarushi Talwar [ Sorry Aarushi ]. Simultaneously, regarding the ideas, one can consider the topic of motivation [ Three Aims That Keep Me Motivated ], which of course is a valuable concept and ide...

Having the knowledge of the subject matter definitely gives some advantage to an editor. However, that is just a superficial aid, because either way, the first requirement of editing is that that you have to read the text or content assuming yourself as end reader or a layman, who does not know anything about the subject he/she is reading. What matters is that the content should be grammatically correct, error free, coherent, well illustrated and consistent. As a reader-editor, you should not get stuck in between the text, while reading. In addition to the aforementioned factors, there are some other factors that prove that you need not to have the knowledge of subject matter you are editing. Editing Tools Syllabus, in-house editing manual, style sheet, editorial board/team, both manual/hard copy and online references, spelling checkers, subject-matter experts in your editorial team, the EPR [Editorial Proof Reading] team, which will help in resolving any and every formatting issue, ...