I need to figure out a better way to work with editors. They tend to have a process that I'm sure works for normal people: they convert your text file to .doc, then strike through original text and follow it with suggested replacement text. ...and I have an austic breakdown.
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3/ In the one hand, I want to assert that the software industry solved this problem 30 years ago. I was literally using emacs M-x emerge-files almost that long back! But on the other hand, this is apparently a process that some (most?) like?
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4/ I'm not ranting. OK, not JUST ranting. I'm actually trying to understand what the normal process is, and why folks like it. I MUST be missing something. ...bc norm seems like twitter's passive aggressive moderation policy: we could delete it, but we'd rather force YOU to
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5/ This is good advice! But I don't think that this is a "stupid process". From my (limited) experience, this seems like the NORM. So I'm asking a serious question: how am I SUPPOSED to engage with this? How do NORMAL people engagea with this?https://twitter.com/squidlord/status/1175820920650371073 …
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6/ No, this - and several other comments - are fixing one thing (well, ok, not fixing, just changing), but not addressing the core question: WHAT IS THE PROCESS SUPPOSED TO BE?https://twitter.com/squidlord/status/1175820920650371073 …
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7/ AHA! This is maybe the answer to all of this!https://twitter.com/mr_archenemy/status/1175821221482631168 …
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8/ Yes,
@mr_archenemy,@JASutherlandBks , and@Emily30Red all put their finger on it, within about 10 seconds of each other. Open Office Edit -> Track Changes -> ... https://twitter.com/Emily30Red/status/1175822029544677377 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
9/ YES! THIS! Just give me a pull request, like God and Linus intended ! https://twitter.com/ShitLordReflex/status/1175822180220751872 …
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10/ OK, I found the "Accept All" button. How much I care about precise word choice: --> | | <--- How much I care about making the pain of interacting with a process go away: | <-------- this much ----------> | He's an editor. He knows editing. I trust him.
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The smart thing to do is know the preferences of your editor and if they prefer docx files, do your original write in Google Docs and do the editing pass in place.
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(This is one of the reasons that I always tell people to have a real conversation with their editor before they start writing to find out what the editorial process should be between the two of you. Some people want really stupid process.)
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