Microlog

What Editors Think of Writers

The biggest surprise for any new writer/journalist/whatever is when an editor corrects their work. It’s not about ‘taking away their voice’; it’s always about bringing out the best in the writer, and polishing it up nice for the reader. In my own experience, the most precious about their writing were the worst writers.

Sun 08 Jan 2012 at 11:37   ·


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You are reading What Editors Think of Writers, a Microlog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Media & Journalism, and was published in January 2012.

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This day in history: 08 January


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