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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Fair enough.
Maybe they could make them take a test before submitting the work.
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In their own way, editors do have tests. They read like this:
Include SASE, the name of the editor for your type of fiction (fantasy versus sci/fi or non-fiction versus fiction, etc).
If you don't follow the instructions, they don't even READ the submission. Don't know what SASE means? Too bad. Haven't got time to educate every newbie on the block. No, I don't care if I just threw away genius. There will be plenty more genius in the next mail bag-- Editors have so much to choose from they are going to turn down some very good stuff with the bad. That's just the way it is. The competition is stiff enough that it *requires* some very good stuff to be discarded.