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I'm firmly in the camp of "your novel needs an editor, and that editor better not be yourself." But recently I was asked why that was, and I couldn't articulate an answer that was passable. Youn...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T01:16:13Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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gmoore
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2019-12-08T01:16:13Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm firmly in the camp of "your novel needs an editor, and that editor better not be yourself." But recently I was asked why that was, and I couldn't articulate an answer that was passable. Young novelists often underestimate their need for an editor, so frame your answer in such a way as to convince one of them.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-02-22T19:12:21Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 34