I'm editing a self publishing author's manuscript right

>>9875634
How do I become an editor?

Currently a lawyer, want to be an editor.

>>9875634
I was a news editor for my college newspaper. One of the reasons I quit was because I spent so much time editing my staff's shit articles I couldn't focus on my other duties. One guy was ESL and I decided it was easier to fire him than teach him not to write like a retard.

>>9875634
this isn't that bad...

>>9875698
Should have added pic unrelated, pic is professional philosophy anon

>>9875662
You could go for a certificate in editing, check for editing jobs near you. Maybe practice editing at writing workshops and try to get your foot in the door. It pays less than law, and people love to tell you that you're wrong.

>>9875720
Can you legitimately not tell the difference between an editor's manuscript and published work?

>>9875634
I kinda admire people who choose the life of horrors that's editing. Even doing it for my own work is a fucking pain and I love every letter of it. Doing it for someone else sounds painful and brain-numbing.

How the fuck do you go through 80k words without killing yourself?

>>9875634
Source on pic?

>>9875766
google it

>>9875734
For the most part it's enjoyable. I respect the people who hire me and I respect their work. It can be relaxing at times. It only becomes awful when the piece i'm working on is uninspired yet grammatically proper.

>>9875801
>then rudely responds like this when someone asks for the details.
I'm not OP, but it took me 15 seconds to find the source. And now you're getting worked up for no reason at all, directed at the wrong person.

>>9875801
good post