Comments on: 5 Lies Writers Believe About Editors

By: Brandy de Cusack

Brandy de Cusack — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:13:20 +0000

Thanks for a refreshing read. I sometimes edit amateur copy in my professional role and am famously ruthless for my slash and burn technique, but I never actually thought of myself as an Editor until I read your article. :o/

After one paid-for critique (by a well-known editor/publisher) that seemed to be written for a different story and two submissions that didn’t even get a ‘Dear John’, I realise now that alcohol or violence were tools I never considered.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:19:33 +0000

I love being an editor. I love being a writer. And yes, you can be both. The more the two sides understand each other, the more polished each one’s craft is going to be. True story.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:16:59 +0000

Stole the words out of my mouth.

By: Alex Ramirez

Alex Ramirez — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:45:46 +0000

I think I needed to read this. As a young writer struggling to get something published, it was pretty easy to blame editors. Hopefully a new attitude can help my karma, or at least help me deal with them better in the future.

Now I need to find out what bars editors like…

By: Maplemusketeer

Maplemusketeer — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:28:21 +0000

Thank you for sharing this fine list of lies and truths :D Perspective and awareness are invaluable and you’ve delivered them with humour.

Merci

By: Kenneth Mark Hoover

Kenneth Mark Hoover — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:59:09 +0000

Great article, and very helpful. I hope people pay attention. Thank you. :)

By: Jeremiah Tolbert

Jeremiah Tolbert — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:19:27 +0000

Thanks! I only drink at the BearTree Tavern in Centennial Wyoming. White Russians for me. But I’m not an editor currently, so you might want to ask those questions of another editor :)

By: Frank Dutkiewicz

Frank Dutkiewicz — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:45:50 +0000

Nice, amusing, and informative piece.

I have two questions for you that I think will go a long way on furthering my lofty writing ambitions.

1) Where’s your favorite bar?

2) What’s your favorite drink?

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By: Conda V. Douglas

Conda V. Douglas — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:38:42 +0000

I especially enjoyed #5. I’m a film editor and no, I don’t want to be a director or producer. I want to be an editor.