Writing Tip of the Day: March 28, 2007: Editing

Never resist editing. Your writing isn’t etched in stone and can always be improved for the reader. Some of you are now throwing stones, and type hate emails for me. I know, I hate editing just as much as any other writer, but fact is, it must be done, so you might as well drop that stone and get editing. Think about it this way: If your writing is as perfect as you think it is already, than editing well only make it that much better, right?

Why do you resist writing? Fear? Fear of what? Maybe you ought to write a story about a writer with a phobia of editing. Point out how crazy his phobia is and how it disrupts his writing career. This’ll do wonders for changing the way you edit your stories.

If you really have a problem with editing, there are people whose job it is to edit your work… they are known as: editors. Editors are not a thing to fear. Editors are people who love books just as much as you do, and they  want to see a great piece of fiction get printed. So wither you do your own editing or you get an editor to do it for you, never resist the art of editing. Your readers well be glad you did.