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Obviously I didn't phrase my previous post very well. I blame the late hour and an abundance of snuggly kittens.
What I meant was that anyone who wants me or anyone else to read what they've written needs to have someone else read it before we do. Someone who's not afraid to call the writer on short-cuts, sloppy character development, boring interludes that add nothing to the plot, et cetera. You know what i mean. I'm talking about that one trusted person who reads your first draft, and then looks at you and says, "this makes no sense, why is it even in here?"
If you don't have a close friend in your life who will do that for you, hire an editor. Any moron can check for spelling and grammar mistakes. Forcing bad writing out so that good writing can replace it, is a different thing entirely.
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