The first thing that editor does is they take out a red pen, or nowadays you go online, and they start striking things. Basically eliminating things, the biggest task of an editor is to simplify, simplify, simplify and that usually means omitting things.
Keith RaboisThe most important job of an editor is simplify, simplify simplify, and that usually means omitting things.
Keith RaboisWhat you actually want to do with every single employee, every single day is expand the scope of their responsibilities until it breaks.
Keith Rabois