I think when you're knee-deep in coming up with editorial plans, the desire to sit down and pencil something is pretty strong.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe our editorial decisions reflected our constant desire to make sure that we fully cover and analyze any issue and give our viewers all the information they need.
One thing I can say right off the bat is that creating great editorial is a huge challenge, and you can't help but go through the process and not appreciate how valuable this skill is, and how much I admire the people who do this every day.
I think there is a real value in an editorial point-of-view and in editorial curation, and in putting together an entire narrative around a set of topics is important.
I do love editorials - you're free to do whatever you want and portray a different character.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.
Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.
I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.
We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make up their own conclusions.
I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me to write other people's ideas.