Re: PUG Commentary - John Mason's "Night Train"

[Stephen Moore]

Shel Belinkoff wrote:

> One of the things about photographers is that they're not always
> their best editors.  They often get emotionally involved with their
> work which prevents them from seeing a poor photograph.

This is already well-established, a given in the print media.
Author or reporter, a writer simply cannot successfully edit 
his or her own copy. The craft of the editor (newspapers in my 
wife's experience, nonfiction books in mine) is to polish 
the work to a fine sheen without coloring it with one's own
voice. Especially in dealing with authors, an editor also must
strike a good balance between firmness and tact.

But it cuts another way as well. Sometimes it takes another
pair of eyes to find merit where the writer sees none.

Regards,

Stephen Moore

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