Editing Fiction Containing Gender-Neutral Pronouns

CIEP guides provide a short, basic introduction to the various skills and knowledge needed to work as an editorial professional. They are intended for copyeditors and proofreaders, both practising and potential, and will also prove useful to others involved in publishing content, including businesses, organisations, agencies, students and authors.

Every person has the right to choose the pronouns that align with their own sense of self. This has implications for fiction editors. Normative p...