tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post9045657792315313115..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: EditingGail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-32434210899273850512007-03-04T11:20:00.000-05:002007-03-04T11:20:00.000-05:00Well, Gail, to be honest, I can't speak from perso...Well, Gail, to be honest, I can't speak from personal experience, since I'm obliged to do all my own rewriting and editing, but I'd love to know how much someone like Alan Hollinghurst, over whom I'm obsessing at the moment - a magnificent stylist, one of the best currently writing - is edited. What I do believe is that all of us should at least <I>aim</I> to self-edit brutally.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-89513369685273018722007-02-25T18:20:00.000-05:002007-02-25T18:20:00.000-05:00I think the number of books that wouldn't benefit ...I think the number of books that wouldn't benefit from some kind of editing are probably few and far between. Of course, maybe I feel that way because the number of my books that wouldn't benefit from some kind of editing are...nil.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-1517991783100224722007-02-25T13:31:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:31:00.000-05:00Sometimes. I remember reading about Lian Hearn's ...Sometimes. I remember reading about Lian Hearn's <I> Across the Nightingale Floor</I>, in which, according to the author, 'hardly a sentence was changed' in the editorial process.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com