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Dear Mr. Felknor,
How will your name appear? If it is on the cover as the author, I prefer
the first person. Why not describe events as you would if talking about
them?
However, one long-time newspaper-man friend of mine always refuses to
permit "I" in any article he writes or edits.
Also, The New York Times prefers "this writer" or "this
department," both of which I dislike strongly.
I think you should stick to I!
Regards,
Phillip
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Subject: off topic: query to
editors
A question of editorial
judgment-cum-taste: As its historian, I am writing the history of a
75-year-old club founded by literary and other artists, though its membership
is broader than that. At several points in the last 25 years I have been
critically involved in affairs which must be related. I might add that I have
been extravagantly honored by the club, which named its library after me.
What is your judgment on the better (or least offensive) approach in
telling my role? First person, third, or third "once removed."?
I
said, Felknor said, the secretary said?
TIA.
Bruce Felknor (an
old editor)
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