tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post6158597244661132665..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: The Importance of EditingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-37532951877096255282011-04-18T05:15:52.421-05:002011-04-18T05:15:52.421-05:00Mike, thanks for taking the time to go through my ...Mike, thanks for taking the time to go through my piece with the red pen; I like your changes. This is a perfect example of how another person can make your work stronger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-49472862550505631592011-04-15T13:14:29.484-05:002011-04-15T13:14:29.484-05:00Good post, Rachel. Too often editing is glossed ov...Good post, Rachel. Too often editing is glossed over with just a couple of sentences. As far as editing your piece, I'll take a shot at it.<br /><br />1. Editing can entail re-writing sentences so that they exactly convey the intended tone.<br /><br />Strike "exactly".<br /><br /><br />2. Personally, I think neither Russel nor I are bad editors;<br /><br />"...neither one of us is a bad editor." (strike semicolon)<br /><br /><br />3. Early in my New Writing Dundee days, I desperately wanted to include a story but felt that the beginning slightly dragged.<br /><br />Strike "slightly".<br /><br /><br />4. The story was well written and the concept was interesting, and I believed that the first few paragraphs were unnecessary and without them the reader could jump straight into the thick of the piece.<br /><br />Run-on sentence.<br /><br /><br />5. I edited the story by cutting the first two paragraphs, and sent it the author unaware of the hailstorm of insults that I would receive in return.<br /><br />"...sent it to the author," (add comma)<br /><br /><br />6. In the end, I offered to publish the piece as it originally stood, but evidently the mere suggestion of edits was too much to bear and s/he pulled the story from the publication. A result which was unfortunate for everyone involved.<br /><br /><br />"...the publication, a result which..."<br /><br /><br />7. As I write this I can almost hear the naysayers in the bloggosphere...<br /><br />"blogosphere"<br /><br /><br />8. And, most importantly, the editor is a reader, and ultimately you want a reader to walk away satisfied.<br /><br />Strike the first "And".<br /><br /><br />9. Therefore, it’s simply best to keep an open mind when facing edits to your work.<br /><br />Strike "simply".<br /><br /><br />10. Because, I love a little self-imposed hypocrisy and irony, I’m hoping that this piece goes on editing onto the website unedited by anyone’s eyes other than my own.<br /><br />Strike "on editing".<br /><br /><br />11. I have not had a friend look over this piece...<br /><br />"I have not had a friend look this piece over..."<br /><br /><br />12. Are some of the paragraphs too long or two short?<br /><br />"...too short?Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.com