“But Adam, if your editor is rewriting part of your book and fixing up lines, isn’t that HIS book now? What about your ARISTIC VISION?” Please. Do singers cease to be singers because recording studio workers and sound guys improve their vocal qualities to the max? Artists suck.
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I pay an editor to take my raw material and give me THE BEST POSSIBLE VERSION of the vision I’ve laid out. I could spend 60 hours pouring over his every punctuation suggestion, or I could trust the professional I’m paying and WRITE A SECOND BOOK in that same time
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I trust him because I’ve hired him for YEARS and he’s PROVEN his quality If you’re a professional offering a service, become so reliable people will pay you to fix their work without watching over your shoulder Become INVALUABLE for making them look good and saving their time
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And if you’re an author who wants to make money, stop acting like a prima donna Hire an editor you trust to actually do their full job and get out of BOTH of your way Spend your wasted time obsessing over “muh vision” on doubling your writing output instead Stop whining. Work.
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