To find an editor, you must first be one!

[Pure]

Hi Graymouse

Ronde said:

Greymouse, instead of starting another thread, why not find a couple of authors who's work you like,

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Check out their handling of contractions, you never know
who's competent in this area.!!
(It's an area with pitfalls all its own)

 

[ronde]

Ok, you caught me.

 

[Pure]

Ronde, being one of our best writers and more careful proofreaders of posted stories, sometimes present irresistible temptation!!!

 

[Pure]

Perhaps a little trivial, but here's the address of a grammar quiz on the msn homepage today:

http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?quizid=51

Have fun!

 

[ronde]

Uhhh..., thanks, Pure, for the compliment. I ain't telling nobody what I got on that there test though; nope, not never.

 

[SlickTony]

I got 'em all right.

 

[gaigirl]

I got 'm all right too. And I agree with Josh. It is OK to have high standards for an editor.

I also agree with W Harold-- when he says the rewrite is in the author's hands. (But then I always agree with W H )...

 

[Whispersecret]

Harold's a great guy. He's intelligent, caring, honest, patriotic, loyal, and a gentleman. I don't know what's wrong with the women in Las Vegas.

 

[Quasimodem]

I missed this discussion, and started something similar in Editor's Forum, under the title:
In Search Of Potential Editors. http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114090

[ Don't know WHERE my head was at, thinking I should be posting a suggestion about Editors in the Editors Forum?!?!]

Most of it was variations on items already covered here, but I had one thought about how an Author [or Editor] could advise people reading his/her post when his/her dance card was full:

. . . the Writer [or Editor] would go back to his/her original message and using the [Bulletin board's] edit function, add "EDITOR ACCEPTED" [or "POSITION FILLED"] at the beginning of the message.

This would perform the twofold task of warning other potential Editors [or Writers] that further response would be a waste of time, as well as permitted other authors [and Editors] to see how successful or unsuccessful the system is.