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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
When they do THEIR job, they are right. When they try to tell you what to write (and i mean this literally) then you tell them "kiss my ass"
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---as they tell you not to let the door hit you in said ass on your way out!
Because, like it or not, in the usual newspaper or magazine venue, it is an editor's job to tell a writer what to write. Editors interpret that job in many ways; some are more controlling than others, but in essense, the editor is paying for the copy he or she wants, so the writer pretty much does write to please the editor.
It's an entirely different case in other places, like literary jounals and such, where an editor should not interfere with a writer's creative effort. But that's a different case. And even so, an editor can still accept or reject a work.