Editing is like 90% of making something you wrote good and it takes it about 10% of the effort. Writing is absolute torture – to produce what is essentially a pile of garbage meant to be replaced anyway. Creation is pain. I could never be a mother.
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Ryan💋 (ryanhoulihan@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 16:01:38 JST Ryan💋 -
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Stephen Cox Author (stephenwhq@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 16:04:49 JST Stephen Cox Author @ryanhoulihan
I think editing is most of the effort.
Getting something down and tidying it up is perhaps a third of the job. Making sure everything fits perfecting, working in new ideas and streamlinging, deciding what is really needed two thirds. -
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Stephen Cox Author (stephenwhq@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 17:02:31 JST Stephen Cox Author I'm not talking line editing I'm talking turning a first draft into something fit to go out in public.
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Fred Brooker (fredbrooker@witter.cz)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 17:02:35 JST Fred Brooker book editors are not as good as they used to be, there are so many errors nowadays
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Carol Witt (carol@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 01:05:51 JST Carol Witt @ryanhoulihan Off topic: You look *STUNNING* in your new user pic.
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