#WCC
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Aug 13: What regrets do you have regarding your work?
I regret not hiring an editor.
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Aug 13: What regrets do you have regarding your work?
I regret not hiring an editor.
I'll give you a free edit, and I'm good at it, but you should know what you're getting into.
I had a good friend who wrote entire books, but had never read any. He didn't understand there's an actual talent; an artistry to writing. So he sent me his latest novel to review. I made it a few pages and totally shit on it. He sent me back a revision, and I said the first paragraph was acceptable, the rest still sucked. It turns out he'd rewritten the first paragraph a couple dozen times to get it good. I told him to do the same with the rest of the book. Never heard back from him.
He's also an anti vaxxer who told me he didn't vaccinate his kids for covid. I blurted, "do you make them wear seatbelts?" So there was probably more than my literary critique that blew up the friendship, but I take editing seriously enough to blow up a two decade old friendship over it. Fair warning.
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I'll give you a free edit, and I'm good at it, but you should know what you're getting into.
I had a good friend who wrote entire books, but had never read any. He didn't understand there's an actual talent; an artistry to writing. So he sent me his latest novel to review. I made it a few pages and totally shit on it. He sent me back a revision, and I said the first paragraph was acceptable, the rest still sucked. It turns out he'd rewritten the first paragraph a couple dozen times to get it good. I told him to do the same with the rest of the book. Never heard back from him.
He's also an anti vaxxer who told me he didn't vaccinate his kids for covid. I blurted, "do you make them wear seatbelts?" So there was probably more than my literary critique that blew up the friendship, but I take editing seriously enough to blow up a two decade old friendship over it. Fair warning.
