Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.
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Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.
I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.
Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
An editor is an accomplice, looking in from the outside. That objective view is essential. We don't write in a vacuum, and we don't publish in a vacuum.
I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.
One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy.
In the world of book writing, an author really gets to have control over what he or she writes, which is why it is very satisfying. With the help of a great compatible editor, you really have something in the end you can call your own.
Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.
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