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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
A fiction writer wouldn't necessarily need such intense levels of editing, so why shouldn't their mother or neighbour or school teacher or anyone literate enough to string two words together, be able to proof and/or edit their work?
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I'm going to respectfully disagree with that first assertion. I would claim that quality fiction benefits just as much from editing as nonfiction does. The emphasis might be on worldbuilding, story arcs and internal consistency rather than on historical timelines and external facts, but the principle is the same.