Comments on: In The Edit | 2146

By: Substack Should Have an Editoral Marketplace - thejaymo

Substack Should Have an Editoral Marketplace - thejaymo — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:32:39 +0000

[…] (Though this certainly wasn’t true when I was younger). I think all writers know that the joy of writing is in the edit, and a good editor is worth more than their weight in […]

By: Sitting This One Out - thejaymo

Sitting This One Out - thejaymo — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:43:26 +0000

[…] writing always happens in the edit, and compression is an important skill with a muscle that needs regular flexing. Often, if I’ve […]

By: The Processing of Words | 2429 - thejaymo

The Processing of Words | 2429 - thejaymo — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:35:35 +0000

[…] writing on the other hand happens in the edit. I don’t write words I process them. Battering at them like a lump of clay. Cut, Copy, Paste, […]

By: Stale Living - thejaymo

Stale Living - thejaymo — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 12:20:11 +0000

[…] as it started life as 6k words worth of material (an hour long talk). Much satisfaction was found during the edit getting it down to 2k words for the magazine. Grateful for Ariel Kroon‘s editorial […]

By: The Doing | 2237 - thejaymo

The Doing | 2237 - thejaymo — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:01:24 +0000

[…] year I wrote about how I enjoy editing far more than I do writing. Unlike JDO I don’t see The Doing it as a performance. The Work is […]

By: Things (Un)finished | 2209 - thejaymo

Things (Un)finished | 2209 - thejaymo — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:41:30 +0000

[…] part is just not being happy with the first draft. The effort required to re-write and fix the text in the edit outweighed by just starting again and working on something else. Dyslexic teenage me is horrified […]