Editing – Page 3 – Philip Nel

Crockett Johnson & Ruth Krauss: biography outtakes, Part 2

One reason that so much must be thrown out from a biography – or, at least, from my forthcoming biography of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss – is that a lot of research can underwrite a very small fact. Â For example, I sometimes had to read a book in order to write a single sentence.

Crockett Johnson & Ruth Krauss: biography outtakes, Part 1

November 13, 2010Philip NelBiography, Crockett Johnson, Editing, Ruth KraussBiography, Crockett Johnson, Editing, Ruth Krauss5 Comments

Will publishing the “outtakes” from my forthcoming The Purple Crayon and a Hole to Dig: The Lives of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss (UP Mississippi, 2012) help to promote the book or dissuade people from picking it up? Â After all, these are the bits cut from the book, not the parts that remain. Â Well, since