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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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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I suspect one of the problems is the assumption that "there is a norm." There is no norm. There is just an accretion of process for a particular editor that he's built up before he got to you.
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