"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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The writers who bristle most at editing, who see it as censorship, are usually the writers who need editing most: who need to be told that their unvarnished thoughts need to take into account obvious objections & try to win over readers who don't already agree.
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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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Replying to @HeerJeet
I'm used to editors taking economic concepts that they obviously didn't understand, and changing my wording so that I was saying something that was wrong, although it may have sounded better.
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Obviously there is bad editing.
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