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  • September 8, 2017
    Write Drunk, Edit Sober
    by Sean McGowan
  • June 29, 2016
    An Editor’s Reference List for Positive Feedback
    by Chelsey Clammer
  • February 10, 2016
    An Open Letter to Magazine Editors On the Best Times to Send Rejections
    by Kavita Das
  • April 13, 2011
    The Washington Post Inadvertently Publishes My Online Dating Profile with the Editor’s Notes Still Included
    by Jack Loftus
  • December 22, 2009
    Excerpts From My Mother’s Editorial Notes On My Letters To Santa, 1987-2000
    by Jen Statsky
  • July 7, 2006
    Notes on “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor
    by John Moe
  • May 10, 2005
    Song Titles, Before Editing for Language Efficiency and Clarity
    by Jack Schneider, Moses Rifkin, and Paul Sacchetti
  • February 22, 2004
    Things Editorial Assistants Should Never Say to Senior Editors
    by Stephen Karam
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