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Originally Posted by pendragginp
But we can if we then turn it over to someone else whose strengths are grammar and spelling. That's the kind of thing that can be fixed by a good copy editor. What the copy editor can't do though is write the original story for him. Get it down, then get it right.
Ask me how I know - former editor who fixed many a terrible manuscript which contained a genuine story.
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My point is that
someone has to fix it.
If he just wants to get a story out, he might wish to hire someone to simply write for him. If he wishes to do it himself, then he's going to have to educate himself and learn the craft of writing.