Quote:
Originally Posted by ApK
An editor friend of mine said she couldn't read Stephen King books because she felt compelled to go through them with a red pencil.
But I like them, so I buy them.
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But even your editor friend would agree that although King's books are not grammatically perfect or necessarily developed the best they could be, they are eminently better edited than many other available books. I happen to agree with your editor friend as regards King, but I would never tell you not to buy his books because they are unreadable. And King does know the difference between
there and
their,
seen and
scene -- something many authors seem (
seam --
) not to.