Why Writers Need Editors

In his comedy, The Clouds, Aristophanes sends a young Athenian man to school at the Thinkery, which is run by Socrates. I wouldn���t even begin to compare myself to Socrates, but I have a pretty good idea what it���s like to live in a Thinkery. I live a wonderful life working and playing with words. I���m blessed to have edited more than 300 books, which���counting the people who have come back to me with their second or third or fourth project���means I���ve helped maybe a couple hundred people make their dreams of holding in their own hands a published book they wrote come true.