A LinkedIn poster has becried countless errors in a novel by the recipient of multiple PEN America awards.
The post’s author firmly placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of the book’s author.
It’s preposterous that a fiction writer – an original thinker – is also and equally a professional stickler.
The two specialisms, like gravel and velvet, are diametrically opposed.
Creative individuals possess an insatiable curiosity, unfettered imagination and flexibility.
Copy-editors and proofreaders impose order.
Writers conjure; copy-editors discipline.
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