Re: Editing issues

**"Sandie Parrott" r*@comcast.net**

Fran,

I agree!  I set aside a (fiction) book recently to write a scathing
letter about the editing, or lack of.  (But, I've been too busy to do
it :>)  Yes, it was a famous author and the problems were every few
pages.  It really interupts the flow when you have to stop and figure
out what was meant.  When I read a fiction book (especially), I expect
it to flow so flawlessly that I forget I'm reading!  Poor punctuation,
spelling grammar, etc. just stops the whole fantasy.

Ok, the other thing that drives me up a wall is using huge words no
person in their right mind would ever use in conversation.  You are
reading along and...BAM...what the heck does that mean?  Why couldn't
they just say...?  Boy does that break the flow...and if it is a
mystery or suspense novel, it breaks the whole mood you are supposed
to feel!

My 2 cents...

Sandie Parrott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fran gustman" <fgustman@juno.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: [GWL] Editing issues

> Am I just noticing bad editing more because I am in the field or is
> editing actually getter poorer? Today I was reading a book by a
well-know
> writer and I had to reread constantly for lack of punctuation. It
seems
> that semi-colons are no longer the in-punctuation but periods
haven't
> taken their places; this leads to a certain free-flow on the rapids
of
> verbiage, which I, for one, find it difficult to navigate. (How do
you
> like them metaphors? And just imagine that last sentence without
> punctuation.) Not only that, but there are poor phrasings and bad
> transitions which I wouldn't allow to be printed in my newsletters!
>
> What gives?
>
> Fran
>
> Fran Gustman,  fgustman@juno.com
> Boston, MA
> Editor, HortResources Newsletter, www.hortresources.org
> Upcoming Editor, Holly Society Journal, www.hollysocam.org
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