Best work Quote by Chris Hillman

Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.

— Allison Joseph

A good edit process turns rocks into diamonds, and every author should love that part as much as the creative phase. I do love…

— Kim Smith

If you are a good editor, your relationship with every writer is different.

— Robert Gottlieb

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

— Joseph Kanon

I love co-writing. That whole process is a challenge in that good writers are pushing you.

— Lauren Daigle

I had never really co-written. I thought it was weak or something if I needed to collaborate.

— Bonnie McKee

“Writers write; editors make it readable.”

— Val Edward Simone

“The process of editing a piece of writing seems sometimes a lot like natural selection. Your efforts never really eliminate the mistakes. You just…

— John A. Ashley

Writers need each other.

— Sara Sheridan

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.

— Zadie Smith

A very good editor is almost a collaborator.

— Ken Follett

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

— Steven Pressfield