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In other words, if the writing is poor or not good enough but the editor likes the story, then a revision is requested. I'd like to add that part of the reason for asking this question is because ...
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In other words, if the writing is poor or not good enough but the editor likes the story, then a revision is requested. I'd like to add that part of the reason for asking this question is because there is a temptation to try to somehow 'test' the idea of a story first, in terms of whether or not editors will be interested in it, before investing the time and effort to work on making the writing as good as it should be. It is sometimes frustrating to work hard on the writing of a story only for it to end up being rejected anyway because the story itself just doesn't suit them.