http://helpingwriters.com/blog/blog-post-5-title-pending Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:27:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://helpingwriters.com/blog/blog-post-5-title-pending/comment-page-1#comment-17 Nancy Peske Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:01:53 +0000 http://helpingwriters.com/?p=1570#comment-17 I've always responded to specific editorial comments the editor has made on my first draft of a book even if I disagreed with them--I'll say why I didn't do the edit, or explain what I did to resolve the issue in a different way. I think people may not realize that an editor's notes are suggestions not edicts. Yes, if you say no to 90 percent of them, you may have a problem with the editor accepting the manuscript! But you don't have to say yes to 90 percent of them either I’ve always responded to specific editorial comments the editor has made on my first draft of a book even if I disagreed with them–I’ll say why I didn’t do the edit, or explain what I did to resolve the issue in a different way. I think people may not realize that an editor’s notes are suggestions not edicts. Yes, if you say no to 90 percent of them, you may have a problem with the editor accepting the manuscript! But you don’t have to say yes to 90 percent of them either

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