06-27-2003, 01:25 PM
It means that, it's okay to rewrite anything you're not satisfied with, but don't rewrite according to your friend's suggestions, or to those of your writing seminar teacher, or other nonessential readers. Their suggestions may be helpful, but they aren't going to buy your book. An editor will. The suggestions of an editor who is interested in buying your book are always worth listening to. I completely rewrote my first book twice to my first editor's suggestions, and then we did a lot of cutting and pasting. I thought I was hot stuff, but it turned out I was a beginner and my editor knew a lot more about writing than I did. I've profited ever since from her patience. My second book needed only one rewrite and now I do very little rewriting. Most of my books go to the printer in first draft.<br>
Remember, an editor's opinion counts. Nobody else's does. <p></p><i></i>
Remember, an editor's opinion counts. Nobody else's does. <p></p><i></i>
