Is it like the real editing your work or?
What is an editor?
An editor is a sacred creature only heard of in myths and legends.
It is said that they get some chapter from the author and they then edit, proofread, rewrite, review said chapter.
So i heard, but anyway i started drinking tea. May i teach you in the way of tea and read?
An editor is someone who goes through something, and then tries to make it better.
Like tea. Tea is good. Have you tried pairing it with a sandwich?
Nou tea goes well with many things
Nou tea goes well with many things
fieryQueen a kind example of an editor is the commenter below yohr commenter
I see what you did there... Clever
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fieryQueen example:
You write a story and your readers all get upset about you breaking its flow with what amounts to a seemingly random secondary objective.
You then conclude that you should have had the character do that when there was a break in the action thanks to having just concluded a scene.
If you had an editor, then the editor would have read the story, listed these sorts and many other issues with it, corrected them, and only then would it have been released to the public.
Example 2.
Imagine an author as an artist. You make a sketch with a pencil. Aka you write your draft.
An editor is the vector artist who then makes neat and clean digital lines and prepares the illustration for print/Web publishing. Aka. Removes your mistakes and makes sure it's up to the standard for which it is intended.
Example 3.
Imagine your a singer who just passed the auditions on a talent show for national TV. The editor is your vocal coach who will train and guide you through the song your going to sing next, so you won't sound like your dad singing in the shower when everyone knows he has no sense of rythem or pitch.
I hope these examples helped clarify it for you.
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