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Originally Posted by fjtorres
In the "golden age" of yore, the legendary editors worked *with* the writers to help them hone their craft, refine their voice, but the corporate editors of today aren't quite that hands-on and their priorities run along different lines.
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I agree. The days of someone like Lester del Rey taking a raw, aspiring writer's ramblings and massaging it into coherent novels are long gone. The "Editor" used to be the very pinnacle of the publishing industry—the gatekeeper, the decider, the molder and focusser of talents. But that's just no longer the case. Those god-like, hands-on skills are no longer a part of the service packages provided by the traditional publisher. Yet the industry pretends that nothing has changed—that the services they provide authors are just as valuable now as when there were giants.