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Ksenia Anske

June 24, 2015

Why it's a bad idea to over-edit

by Ksenia Anske


There is a reason editors exist, and I think that reason is simply the need to slap writers' hands and stop them from editing where no editing is needed. 

So I'm proofreading The Badlings, right? And this thing has already been through 5 drafts and 2 editing scrubs and is supposed to be final, then I catch this clumsy description that is very important. It shows a major world change, yet I glossed over it. Here it is (WARNING!!! Spoilers.):

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TAGS: editing, over-editing, proofreading, draft, editing process