tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632956980782008334.post6031818351378001597..comments2023-06-21T03:05:34.344-07:00Comments on Writers at Work: Topic 11: About This Business of Internet PublishingSandy Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08311778466602117713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632956980782008334.post-27649897020006950832012-04-02T05:51:08.723-07:002012-04-02T05:51:08.723-07:00Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. I ...Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. I agree that some of the classics would probably be rejected today, and I know they would not have been promoted with the same kind of dedication shown to Faulkner and others whose fame did not come quickly. Still, I see far too much writing now that would have profited by editing, and I've learned so much from my own editors, that I remain strongly in favor of the practice. "Excessive editing," on the other hand, connotes a bad editor, and that's never acceptable. Faulkner said, "To become a writer, you sit down at a typewriter. Ten years later, you stand up and you're a writer." That agrees with your Twain wisdom. In my opinion, computers have not sped up the process.Sandy Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311778466602117713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632956980782008334.post-24775222279391842252012-04-02T05:39:36.163-07:002012-04-02T05:39:36.163-07:00This is a very interesting discussion on the subje...This is a very interesting discussion on the subject of writing ebooks and having them edited for you.<br />The current trend with the enormous amount of digital publishing versus the steep decrease of printed books will undoubtedly continue to grow in future. The penetration of digital technology in younger generations is reaching very high rates. As a result, the digitalization of books will most likely be the norm in the publishing industry from now on.<br />Concerning children's literature, my personal point of view is that excessive editing can harm a specific work, rather than improve it. One of the classics in children's literature, "Alice in Wonderland", serves as a perfect example, and I think that a large percentage of modern-day editors would definitely consider it as a totally absurd story, giving it no chance to become a best-seller.<br />Finally, I would like to remind fellow writers what Mark Twain, stressed: That a writer has to write a lot of unpaid writing, before someone offers to pay him/her for that.New Energyhttp://adobebusinessstore.bluepromocode.com/adobebusinessstore-promo-code/noreply@blogger.com