Excellent Editing

Is an editor a devil or an angel? Writers who think/feel in hyperbole are probably drawn to one definition or the other. New writers are especially vulnerable to such "black and white" misconceptions. Sometimes a particularly negative experience early in one's career causes one to castigate all editors (tarred with the same brush, in cliche-speak). A recent "Editors are Evil" contest at WriteSideOut.com revealed the worst. An initial pleasant experience with editors could similarly color your view for life. Citizen Culture Editor-in-Chief, Jonathon Scott Feit, explained the duties of an editor last fall in an article that has since been replaced on the website with a revised (and I think watered down) version. I teach students that editors can be your best friends; they want to use your work, and they want readers to read it. That my goal when editing, or even just proofreading, a client's writing. [editorial services]

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