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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Most writers don't have sloppiness due to lack of training or due to lack of trying. We have sloppiness or errors due to reading it too many times. Due to focusing in on our own pet peeves. I know what I meant to write and THAT is what I see--it just might not actually be the words that showed up on the computer screen. And yes. I can misread that same paragraph 12 or 13 times. My editor reads it once. And apparently it glares...
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Believe me, not a problem limited to people who write books.
Computer programmers have exactly the same issue which is why I always encourage peer reviews in my team.
Having an editor - or at least reviewer, isn't a prop - it's just a bloody sensible idea.
But that's another discussion.
Regards
Caleb