Thread: The editor fallacy
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Old 09-01-2012, 05:03 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
Keyword being COMPETENT. What makes you think that the vast army of self-professed writers is competent?
If they're not competent, an editor probably won't do them much good. You can tell them what's wrong with their story, but they're not going to be able to fix it. It might, I guess, help them avoid the same mistakes when they write the next one.

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Re Finnegan's Wake: What makes you think a copyeditor is incapable of following an author's quirks and foibles and idiosyncrasies?
The idea that someone really thinks Finnegan's Wake could or should have been copy edited just makes my mind boggle.

As for your other post, I'm afraid I don't write down the names of everyone whose blog and forum posts I read. As I said, if you really want to know the answers to your questions, read a few writers' blogs and forums.
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