Friday, October 19, 2007
Something for writers and journalists to ponder on...
"Every journalist (or writer, or editor...basta anyone in publishing. Additions, mine, obviously) who is not too stupid or too full of himself to know what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse." (NY reporter Janet Malcolm)
Monday, October 08, 2007
Good editors will...
...work to sharpen a writer's voice
...bolster and streamline a piece's arguments
...save writers from themselves (hehe!)
--(source forgotten)
I actually mass emailed this to fellow editors sometime 2004 and forgot all about it. One of the editors I emailed it to, emailed it back to me to remind me about it. Good to remember now that I'm again in the middle of editing the second issue! I think I emailed this to the Coven as well. Girls, anyone remember where I got this from?
...bolster and streamline a piece's arguments
...save writers from themselves (hehe!)
--(source forgotten)
I actually mass emailed this to fellow editors sometime 2004 and forgot all about it. One of the editors I emailed it to, emailed it back to me to remind me about it. Good to remember now that I'm again in the middle of editing the second issue! I think I emailed this to the Coven as well. Girls, anyone remember where I got this from?
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