My editor has the knack for asking me seemingly innocuous questions that compel me to rethink/rewrite entire subplots. She doesn't tell me what to write. She tells me what isn't working in her view, and I decide how/if it should be fixed. Up to this point, we have yet to butt heads to any great degree (knocks closest wood-bedecked surface). We tend to see things the same way, and I do come to understand the majority of the issues she sees. This type of cooperation--not quite conscious but above the level of subconscious--is not the flavor of editor/writer relationship I sense is being discussed in these classes.
Truth be told, I sometimes wish my editor was a shade more forceful in expressing what she feels are a book's issues. Again, maybe we've yet to arrive at that steep a slope. Maybe I should be careful what I wish for.
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Date: 2004-08-05 04:52 am (UTC)Truth be told, I sometimes wish my editor was a shade more forceful in expressing what she feels are a book's issues. Again, maybe we've yet to arrive at that steep a slope. Maybe I should be careful what I wish for.