#NotThatImportant
#JobsForAutistics
#get paid a lot more than those hopefuls who never get past the cutting room, and their future it is steady. Meaning they are not fame whores. They are sane whores.
I'm only guessing here.
I suspect editors probably are well known among publishers and professional writers.
In writers' magazines, I notice that some editors advertise (not sure if that means they're good or bad - I suspect the best go by word of mouth.)
I'll be going to the Byron Bay Writer's Festival this August, and one of the workshops I'll attend will be on the art of editing, delivered by a well-known (to publishers) editor.
An editor is not a ghost writer, not someone who does the writer's job in disguise. I think a good editor's job is not to change what the writer tells or expresses, but rather to correct errors which interfere with intended meaning and ease of flow in reading.
I think a good editor's job is not to change what the writer tells or expresses, but rather to point out or correct errors which interfere with intended meaning and ease of flow in reading. The good editor's work is invisible. He or she is like the stage-hand, wearing black behind the curtains, helping to ensure that the performance is a success.
A critic, which is the person I most need, and thankfully have discovered in one friend here, is someone who will give honest feedback on how to improve the quality of the writing - not the same as an editor - but not a ghost writer either.
