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There is also no way that editors spend the same amount of time editing as the writer does writing and editing. Not even on average. I use 4 to 6 beta readers, plus a copyeditor and sometimes a storyline editor. Even counting ALL that time from each of those people, that process takes two to three months max. My first drafts take 6 months. The editing I do myself (rewrites, rewrites, rewrites) take another 6 to 8. Yes, editing is time consuming and so is the process of going through the various meetings to get approval and marketing this and that. But there is no way that the editing process at a publishing house takes 1.5 years, 20 hours a week.
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