Re: Editing issues

**F*@aol.com**

Marge writes,

"Let us assume the given that the "author" has the ability to write in good 
form and an interesting manner to begin with." 

Sorry, Marge, that's too large an assumption. In the green industries 
especially, many publications prefer working with someone who really knows his or her 
subject, be it orchids or hydroponics, over a good writer who doesn't. That 
involves a LOT of editing. 

"What do you all see as the purpose of an editor?"

Editors are necessary evils who serve many purposes, e.g., making sure their 
readers get their money's worth from the articles they publish, and keeping 
their publications and their writers from getting sued more often than necessary.

"The two articles I have had published in print media..."

If you ever decide to try selling more than those two, you'll have to see 
magazines and editors for what they are: Customers. And then you have to learn to 
produce a product that the customer wants to buy. 

Writers write. Editors edit. 

Get over it and move on to the next story.

JF
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