The Process of Developmental Editing
Disciplines
Nonfiction | Technical and Professional Writing
Abstract (300 words maximum)
This presentation will discuss the creative process behind writing and editing a narrative from a high school student’s experience of immigrating to America and leaving behind her home country. In addition, it will also discuss the process of developmental editing with an author and how that helped create the essay. As well as discussing the process behind helping write and edit the author’s essay, it will include a reading of the finalized narrative, which comes from a collection entitled Green Card Voices: Immigration Stories from Atlanta High Schools that our class helped edit and create with the young immigrants who shared their stories. This presentation will fit well alongside other presentations and papers that discuss immigration in America.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
RCHSS - English
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Lara Smith-Sitton
The Process of Developmental Editing
This presentation will discuss the creative process behind writing and editing a narrative from a high school student’s experience of immigrating to America and leaving behind her home country. In addition, it will also discuss the process of developmental editing with an author and how that helped create the essay. As well as discussing the process behind helping write and edit the author’s essay, it will include a reading of the finalized narrative, which comes from a collection entitled Green Card Voices: Immigration Stories from Atlanta High Schools that our class helped edit and create with the young immigrants who shared their stories. This presentation will fit well alongside other presentations and papers that discuss immigration in America.