tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post5758573460796741079..comments2024-03-24T23:21:24.747-04:00Comments on Gothridge Manor: Editing Gaming Products: Part 1Gothridge Manorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-87609914133966972702011-01-31T11:07:40.681-05:002011-01-31T11:07:40.681-05:00ckutalik> Now you know why I has my disclaimer ...ckutalik> Now you know why I has my disclaimer up front. Ha. Writing blogs before work tends to get frantic. There are different philosophies how to approach everything, including editing. What works for one may not work for another. I think the one I work under is it both writer and editor working together that make the reader the #1 priority.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-80511467446933895452011-01-31T09:27:07.919-05:002011-01-31T09:27:07.919-05:00I had a mentor in J school tell me that an editor&...I had a mentor in J school tell me that an editor's first duty is to the reader, not the writer. Many writers, especially of the aspiring variety, forget that they are ostensibly writing for an audience. Kurt Vonnegut once remarked that a good editor will save your from obscurity. <br /><br />Btw "These are some sorry diluted bastards" Umm..."deluded" ; )Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-84029146276865333702011-01-30T14:53:27.996-05:002011-01-30T14:53:27.996-05:00Forget 10%, my self-editing regularly cuts the wor...Forget 10%, my self-editing regularly cuts the word count of my scholarly writing by a full third. But maybe my first drafts just tend to be especially long winded.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-36218828950344939062011-01-28T12:49:08.995-05:002011-01-28T12:49:08.995-05:00"Perfection is achieved, not when there is no..."Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."<br />-Leonard Nemoy in Civ4, on the Engineering tech advance, quoting some other dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-49659695181037838502011-01-28T05:29:32.251-05:002011-01-28T05:29:32.251-05:00It's always a good idea to read back what you&...It's always a good idea to read back what you've written aloud. Advice I need to follow a little bit more often myself.Dangerous Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494853825931603065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-21658862679288166152011-01-27T17:16:42.569-05:002011-01-27T17:16:42.569-05:00This is why I am producing my games in the way tha...This is why I am producing my games in the way that I have, with a public beta lag. I have not worked on Synapse since it went public beta on August 26th. Since then, my brain has been cleared out and now I can go back and really edit it. It is nearly impossible to write a perfect manuscript the first time and I don't delude myself into thinking I have, hence my insistence on the word BETA.Pontifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761338487255048337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-81818355502142332312011-01-27T09:39:17.002-05:002011-01-27T09:39:17.002-05:00A good editor is worth his weight in gold. And Tim...A good editor is worth his weight in gold. And Tim is very good.Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954394848487110923.post-28848454169400863182011-01-27T08:55:27.591-05:002011-01-27T08:55:27.591-05:00Question:
Do you take on freelance editing work? ...Question:<br /><br />Do you take on freelance editing work? A good editor is one of those people I am currently trying to source.Zzarchovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07714805545939725730noreply@blogger.com