For one I am in high school and MY editor edits my spelling not so much my grammar but mainly spelling. I don't HAVE to prove anything to you. But if you are serious about reading some of my work send me you're email over a PM. I would be more than happy to share. No I haven't gotten anything published BUT I have won 2 contests for poetry. I am very proud of that. I admit I am a armature but the fact being I have had no help what so ever to be at the point I am at is pretty rare. * So I am told*, that is great that you are a writer too. I am not impressed as I am not saying you are a bad writer I just don't judge writing IMO you cant judge some ones opinions/thoughts and that is exactly what writing is. I still stand by my statement as should you. I respect you for that. I do not have EXP in the field as you might but I do not know whats in head of me. I might be a pro writer I might not. Any ways I wanted to state the fact that YOU still don't know enough about me to say what my editor does and doesn't do, and I still don't know enough about being a professional writer. I truly haven't decided on what it is I want to do with my life I would love to be a pro writer but I have also had thoughts of joining the army after high school. If I do not go the the military than I might go on to collage to become a writer but I am only a freshman in high school and don't have to make a decision for a while. So with that in mind. Neathor of us are right or wrong and I wasn't trying to attack you in any way. I was not mad for you speaking you're mind but when I felt attacked witch I miss interpreted I have the right to defend my self.orc4hire wrote:gfisha32188 wrote:This reply is for "orc4hire".For one thing, you know nothing about me; and from you’re typing it seems like you are some washed up journalist. Don’t "procreating" tell me what my editor does alright because you don’t have a "procreating" clue. If my editor tossed me my work back I would look for a new editor and say get the "fudge" outa my sight. I have numerous amounts of people who would love to read/edit my work before I presented it regardless of competition or just class work. So to come off so aggressive but you are really barking up the wrong tree. Yes it’s true maybe some editors would toss me my work back but that’s just something I am going to have to live with for the time being till my grammar/spelling gets better. No really I would love to see some of you’re work and than laugh at the fact that some one of you’re amplitude of experience was talking down on me. I am a poet not a nag. You sir are a nag.
Buddy, if you respond like that to helpful advice, I'd hate to see the temper tantrum you'd throw over some harsh criticism; the kind you get out in the real world, after school.
No, I don't know much about you, but I know more about you than you know about me. I'm no kind of journalist at all; I'm a computer consultant, as it happens (thus the screen name). I was just trying to pass along some advice to counter some misconceptions that a lot of young writers have. I don't care what your 'editor' is doing for you, or to you, but I can tell you that out in the real world of professional writers and editors, fixing your grammar and spelling isn't the editor's job. If an editor is faced with two pieces, one of which is a mess and one of which isn't, he's going to go with the clean copy. That's the way things are and you can scream and yell at all the strangers you want, but that's not going to change.
As for looking for a new editor and telling the one who didn't want your work to get out of your face, I am beginning to think that you really don't know what editors are, and what they do. They are the people who decide what gets published in their magazine or book line, or whatever, and any one you treated like that would be more than happy to see you go to a different publication. In fact, she would probably insist on it. There are plenty more poets where you came from; she won't miss you at all. Again, you can like that or not, I don't care, but that's the way it is.
You want to see some of my work? Sure; it's out there for anyone to see. Here's some right here: The Sum Of Things. Now let's see some of yours. Where are you published?
It's a tough world out there, and it's a whole lot tougher if you're not willing to listen to anyone else. But do whatever you like, kid; it doesn't matter to me.
~ Gabriel
~ ehg sorry about my spelling or w/e the words are to small for my eyes and I cant see them to well on firefox.
