The Best Editors

I've been thinking a lot lately about the role editors have played in my development as a writer and I think they have a much more important role than many people would admit.

But the editor has to be a good one. They can't have a chip on their shoulder and they need to look at your work as a partnership. Teamwork.

What's a good editor, to my mind?

A good editor is one who is going to force you to ask questions about the reasons behind your thinking. "Why" is how they start most of their sentenc...