Editing is an important part of writing, and my experience and skill as an editor is an important part of my strength as a writer.
I have edited several newsletters over the past 14 years. One such newsletter was News from the Internet Renaissance, the e-mail newsletter for the company I co-founded, PeoplesForum.com. For over a year from 2000-2002, we had a paid writer who prepared that newsletter, while I served as editor.
That writer, Adam Graham, wrote about his experience during that time. Here is an excerpt:
“I thought it was a dream job. I would be writing for a living rather than cooking curly fries. Little did I know how demanding the job would be. Lance Brown was a perfectionist when it came to every aspect of writing. I often found myself resenting what I perceived as “nitpicking”. However, in retrospect, I look at Lance, the way people in my grandfather’s generation would look at their old Army Sergeants. Simply put, Lance gave me a few good kicks in the pants and in the process helped make me a better writer.”
You can read his full thoughts here, about halfway down the page.
And make sure you read this other testimonial from Shawn Tuttle, about my writing and editing work in the past year for Project Simplify.