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August 10, 2010
On My Lack Of Clarity
Now that I’m in the process of getting a few things published I must deal with reviewers and editors. Why do they bother to ask me to clarify a comment or phrase? Don’t they understand that had I been clear, I wouldn’t have written it the way I did.
Posted by Duane Smith at August 10, 2010 12:24 PM | Read more on Humor |
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having done more than a little (read: a whole ton) of editing for various and sundry and in a number of capacities i can only say... if it were all that clear, you wouldn't be asked to clarify.
;-)
Posted by: jim at August 10, 2010 2:06 PM
What should be clear to them is that I am sometimes unclear. :-)
Posted by: Duane at August 10, 2010 2:22 PM
I feel your pain, Duane. What's better is when they try to be helpful and reword your sentence for you. It's at that point that I often find just how easily my words can be misconstrued.
Posted by: Jim Getz at August 10, 2010 5:47 PM
I don't understand this post.
Posted by: Aydin at August 11, 2010 11:02 AM
Just being on the net for quite some time, I've discovered a myriad of different ways that I can be misunderstood, whether through my unintentionally vague wording or through the faulty reading of someone else. The text medium can be frustrating at times.
I suppose in the making of a book one struggles to compromise between one's own message and the way in which that message may be most effectively received by the reader.
Posted by: Glen Gordon at August 11, 2010 11:22 PM
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