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November 28, 2011
There seems to be a confusion of typing and writing.
On a typical day, I might find an intern bawling in the ladies’ room moments after I have turned back to her the edited version of her copy.No one has ever told her before that she isn’t perfect. And yet, the recent crops of interns seem to learn less and less from the edited copy turned back to them for perusal. -- What Editors Think of Writers
Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 28, 2011 9:39 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Editing means sacrificing everything someone else holds dear and sacred. Someone has to do it, though.
Posted by: Jewel at November 28, 2011 9:46 AM
"It is a bruising business, and only the highly articulate need apply. The goal, after all, is to say something worth killing a tree for."
Luckily the internet solved that problem ;o)
Posted by: Daran at November 28, 2011 10:28 AM
Why learn when, u cn txt ur way 2 stardom.
Posted by: Peccable at November 28, 2011 10:38 AM
Peccable,
Didn't you mean strdm? Ten points for spelling!! ;o)
Posted by: Badco at November 28, 2011 1:58 PM
Edit we much.
Posted by: Jewel at November 28, 2011 2:17 PM
Badco, I'm the product of enforced learning. 12 years of Catholic education and I survived it.
That bit of typing took more concentration than you can imagine.
Posted by: Peccable at November 28, 2011 4:23 PM