This blog is aimed at those of you who enjoy writing.
OK, so you've written your masterpiece. You've spent
months, maybe years, tweaking it so there is no way anyone could find fault in
even a single word. You've let your friends and proofreaders have the
manuscript and go to town on it. It is now perfect.
Or so you think.
Then you send it to an editor. Maybe it's your
publisher's editor, or maybe it's an editor you've hired to get your manuscript
into tip top shape before starting that long, hard journey to publication. Whatever
it is, you're ready for the praise to come flowing into your inbox. All that's
left is to sit back and wait for the editor to write you back and say,
"This is the best manuscript ever. I didn't even have to get out my
figurative red pen." After all, you've looked at the story 100 times and from
every possible angle and it's flawless.
As you have experienced if you've been through the
process, or will soon experience, it doesn't take long for the inevitable punch
in the face to come back from that editor. The red on each page is like blood
from your own artery.
