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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
I think it's quite arrogant of a writer to assume they don't need an editor (by which I mean copyeditor at the very least).
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Most books* need copy editing; if a writer is going to pay for one thing on their book then that's probably what they should spend the money on because it requires a mindset that most writers don't have. Despite that, I still find typos, duplicate words and misused words in most trade-published novels I read.
But a competent writer really shouldn't need much story editing beyond finding a few people to read the story and tell them whether it makes sense and works as a story.
* - I'm trying to imagine what
Finnegan's Wake would look like if the publisher had forced Joyce to have it copy edited.