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crystalwizard
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Posted 1/27/2008 11:22 PM (GMT -4)

Odd question, perhaps.

If you do enjoy them, why?

If you don't enjoy them, why not?

Lyn
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Date Joined Sep 2007
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Posted 1/28/2008 9:30 AM (GMT -4)

I've gotten used to them. From a writer's perspective, the editor who uses line edits can help me pinpoint weak writing and offer a better sentence or suggest alternative words, syntax, punctuation, etc. As an editor, line edits allow me to be more engaged in the overall story, otherwise I might limit my comments to "weak characterization" or "are you seriously trying to write fiction?" (lol, I'd never say that last one!)

Lyn from ResAliens

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