Comments on: Why writing and editing are not the same http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/06/why-writing-and-editing-are-not-the-same/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Editing is not writing | Shadows of doubt http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/06/why-writing-and-editing-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-39790 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:10:46 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=10329#comment-39790 […] Mansfield gets it.  So does Michael Hoogland.  You get it, surely.  [I'm not name-dropping here; I don't know these people, but they cogently […]

]]> By: Wednesday links: The difference between writing and editing | Miranda Burski http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/06/why-writing-and-editing-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-38209 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:15:04 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=10329#comment-38209 […] Why writing and editing are not the same, from Dystel and Goderich Literary Management: Writing and editing are both important elements of […]

]]> By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/06/why-writing-and-editing-are-not-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-38200 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:26:42 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=10329#comment-38200 I’ve long maintained that it’s much easier (for me, at least) to edit than it is to write. The writer has to have IDEAS. The editor has to have and know how to use the tools of grammar and story-telling to refine how those ideas are communicated.

It’s like movies: not so easy to assemble the cast, crew, and equipment, but boy, it’s easy to see when those things haven’t been utilized to maximum advantage!

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