With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
I was spoiled by theater, where there is no editor.
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
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.
Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
Writers have to put up with this editor thing; it is ageless and eternal and wrong.
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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.
Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.