A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.
Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.
I wonder what became of you, your JohnnyRotten skin, no Emerald City eyes.You'd have been a beauty if you let inferiority steam your glasses with its candor, sans laughter.
Only the writers can change or fix the past by going back to edit old works
Some mediocre ladies in influential positions are usually embarrassed by an unusual book and so prefer the old familiar stuff which doesn't embarrass them and also doesn't give the child one slight in...
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
Too many words for one book--truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.
But above all, an author must write passionately and edit passionately.
An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.
You need editors, not brand managers,who will push the envelope to make [a brand media property] go forward.