"One thing I’ve discovered over my many years doing this is that often what the editor says is broken isn’t what’s actually broken. Oh, they’re sensing a genuine issue in the text, but they won’t always pinpoint what that issue is." <-- THIS. Similarly, sometimes the edit letter comes with a solution (or several) and it's okay if every s…
"One thing I’ve discovered over my many years doing this is that often what the editor says is broken isn’t what’s actually broken. Oh, they’re sensing a genuine issue in the text, but they won’t always pinpoint what that issue is." <-- THIS. Similarly, sometimes the edit letter comes with a solution (or several) and it's okay if every single one feels wrong. It's our job, as the author, to find a solution that DOES work and gets to the root of the issue/what's not working.
"One thing I’ve discovered over my many years doing this is that often what the editor says is broken isn’t what’s actually broken. Oh, they’re sensing a genuine issue in the text, but they won’t always pinpoint what that issue is." <-- THIS. Similarly, sometimes the edit letter comes with a solution (or several) and it's okay if every single one feels wrong. It's our job, as the author, to find a solution that DOES work and gets to the root of the issue/what's not working.