By Devon "The Illest" Bowie and Claire Theobald
In reading (using the lightest sense of the word) the first chapter of the text, it became appherent that the idea of ethics and morality had been de-emphasized whereas other ideas like "Confidence" and "Intellegence" were put at the for front of the list of characteristics that a godd copy-editor must possess. Although admittedly these characteristics are important, they are so broad they could be emphasized as important characteristics for any career, unless you intend on pumping gas full time. There was also the issue of humor appearing to be more important then ethics because lets face it, unless you are writing for mad tv (which, I might add, is amongst the worst type of comedy out there), humor is not always the best option. Just saying...
Copy Editors, according to the work of Devon, are likened to "Spies in an ultra-secret government agency" in that they do important work and remain unsung heros. It did a fairly good job of summarizing the duties of a copy editor in the most basic sense, so basic in fact that it felt like someone writing about how it is the fireman's duty to fight fires.
All in all, a very basic summary; a recommended read for anyone curious about the duties of a copy editor who has also spent the last ten years living in a cave.
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