"Too big to edit" is a real problem in literary world: star writers start writing longer, more sprawling, ill-conceived & undisciplined works: King, Ellroy, Rowling. Now also a problem in journalism!
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In psychological terms, an editor is the super-ego that provides the necessary navigational skills to the id & ego. But some writers (usually guys) see the super-ego only as censorship & not a necessary voice in constructing complex arguments.
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Or they just pivot to an hour long rambling podcast which saves them the effort of actually writing.
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And sometimes those writers need to learn the hard way.
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this is not limited to writing, it's peer review in general in anything nobody likes being critiqued but people should be thankful for it
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Is not a good book by aesthetic criteria
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You mean like a certain writer whose initials are GG?
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My mom was a rather brilliant technical editor at Intel The technical writers who lashed out at her fit your description.
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