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Originally Posted by Ea
Or the well-established authors who seem to be given free rein by the publishers, and whose books get longer and longer with less and less structure. I can only imagine it's the publisher who could be more attentive. Everyone, no matter what they dø or create, benefits from constructive feedback.
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Agreed. You only have to look at cases where "big name" authors have obtained the influence to be able to re-release "unedited" versions of their early books. I honestly can't think of a single instance of that where the shorter, edited, work is not a better, tighter, book.