{"id":1474,"date":"2013-03-11T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littworldonline.org\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2013-03-11T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:00:01","slug":"building-strong-projects-together-building-strong-relationships-with-your-authors-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/id\/building-strong-projects-together-building-strong-relationships-with-your-authors-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Projects Together: Building strong relationships with your authors, part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>As an editor, have you ever wondered how to encourage your authors?\u00a0 How to inspire them to produce their best work?\u00a0 MAI president John Maust collected tips from top editors around the world explaining their methods to build strong editor-author relationships. Part 2 of 3. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Help the author conceptualize the book\/article project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cYour job is to help authors articulate their vision and passion effectively. This requires thought and imaginative engagement. Your own views are not usually germane: You don\u2019t have to agree with an author, or they with you.\u201d\u00a0 Tony Collins, Monarch Books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cInexperienced writers (and veteran ones too) often suffer the lack of a clearly defined thesis or controlling idea. As we coach and counsel younger writers, we should emphasize the development of a compelling and well-conceived thesis <i>before <\/i>the actual writing begins.\u201d\u00a0 MAI, <i>Trainer Network<\/i> newsletter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Explain the publishing and editorial process and advise the author of any scheduling changes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cOur publishing house is trying to be more formal with our authors, in the sense of putting into writing what are our procedures in deciding which manuscripts to publish, the time it will take, etc. This way we avoid misunderstandings, confusion, frustrations.\u201d\u00a0 Adriana Powell, Certeza Argentina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cWe try to make phone calls or write emails in certain frequency to the authors to let them know about progress on their books. Sometimes we just share about life and have a casual chat.\u201d\u00a0 Muriel Ma, editorial director, Breakthrough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Guide the author through the revision process and preserve the author\u2019s voice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0 <\/b>\u201cI\u2019m careful with the changes I make in a manuscript. Some authors accept what one \u201crewrites\u201d more freely, and I show and explain these changes. Others want to participate more actively in the revision process. This is not easy, but I try to be respectful and explain to the author what we are doing.\u201d\u00a0 Adriana Powell, Ediciones Certeza<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ask questions, be positive<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0 <\/b>\u201cRead your editorial comments back to yourself. How would you feel if these comments were made about <i>your <\/i>work? Are the criticisms too harsh, too arrogant? What\u2019s the tone? 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