Editing: Scratch That, Try This Instead
On the Power of Revision: Isaac Newton, J.K. Rowling, Ernest Hemingway, Joan Didion, Peter Drucker, Others
The subject of editing, revising, and correction can cause some writers to shudder. Rewriting presents a challenge some would forever forestall if possible. As an editor, I once worked with an author who delayed revisions for weeks, months, long after we sent him notes on necessary changes in his manuscript. He dawdled so long it threatened our release …
