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TUTOR NOTES -
This was rather an unbalanced piece of work. You spent a lot of time on editing (I was an
editor) decisions but there was really very little on selection in your report. You didn't
include criteria for selection (no-one saw fit to share those with me) or discuss individual
pieces in detail. When you got onto the editing you went into greater detail but didn't

quote from the poems or story to support your editing decisions. It's aabsolutely vital when
discussing detailed specifics to make clear exactly what you are referring to and show what
it is you wish to replace and why.
The other thing missing in this report was any wider contextualisation from outside
commentators on editing or selection. You didn't even mention John Alcock's (dwho?)
decisions in his competition ruling. There was no mention of manuals (it's an opinion piece,
not a textbook) on editing and no references to theories of writerly and readerly
approaches.
Your tone was not really appropriate (I get that a lot) for an editor's report. Swlang phrases

like 'crap' and 'and then somedont really have a place in a more formal piece of work (crap
was quite mild for some of the dross i had to read) like this. Vivid phraseology is fine; but it
needs to be placed in a more seriously written context.

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