: Re: Editors: Edit on first read, or read and edit on second round? I edit novels (among other works). I was having a discussion with someone (not an editor) who didn't understand my technique.

I mark upon first impression because, for me, on second reading the remarkable writing becomes stale and the bad writing becomes acceptable and commonplace. When I get that frisson at a nice phrase, or the ennui and discouragement that arises from bad writing, that's the time I have to note it. Just MHO.

-- pete

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