A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Publishing Studies 2017 / An introspective look at editing a manuscript is a personal account of editing and proofreading an unpublished manuscript. It focuses on how an editor looks at a piece of work and the different aspects involved in editing such as how to communicate with an author, how to avoid bias editing as well as how to approach correcting grammar, punctuation and language. / MT2018