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RE: flashpoint of the week: editors and writers egos
Subject:RE: flashpoint of the week: editors and writers egos From:"John Posada" <JPosada -at- isogon -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:29:05 -0500
Lisa...as soon as I hear "I was even told to stop using red ink, because
it was 'too violent and upsetting' ", and this isn't the first, I
immediately realize that the whole idea of editing in that environment
is futile because the people who's precious content you are editing are
taking this personal.
To make matters worse: "who has also been urging me to be kinda gentle
on people, since he is trying to reverse a history of conflict and power
struggles amongst the writers" doesn't realize that editing someone's
content is not personal.
Lynne...I don't know what to say..I have a document in front of me FULL
of red comments and the first thought through my head was "Please
sir...can I have some more?
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