Editors are good at identifying and solving problems—we’re always ready to tell an author how to better organize a chapter, how a sentence could be more clearly phrased, or how to tweak formatting to help readers navigate a dense article. But how often do you think about the parts of editing that make you feel happy, satisfied with your day’s work, or as if you truly made a contribution? Register to join the Academic Editing Chapter’s August Coffee Chat on Thursday, August 15, at 4 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. EDT to discuss what we like about editing.

Some questions we might reflect on include:

• What editing tasks or habits put you into that productive flow state?
• Do you have any practices that lead you to a happier frame of mind when you’re editing?
• What parts of editing that other people hate are the ones that you love?
• Are you all about the journey/process of editing or is it the final, clean, clear result that gives you the tingles?
• What author or publisher interactions have given you the most job satisfaction?

It’s easy to worry about the problems. Join us to discover and celebrate the joys!

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