Guest Post: Kallie George on What Being an Editor Taught Me as a Writer

By Kallie George
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations

For over eight years, I have been an editor at Simply Read Books, alongside writing and authoring my own books.

There is no doubt in my mind that editing has helped me become a better writer, albeit with much more to learn still.

Deal with Big Stuff First

I think it is very hard to have written a book, especially a long book, only to discover there is something crucially, substantially wrong with the plot, something that means you have to re...