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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#C00000">The worst thing is when failed writers become editors. Since no one will publish their work, they hijack other’s work. I have been lucky to work with some of the great editors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> on behalf of Joe Stanganelli <rodeojoe@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"ipg-smz@netpress.org" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, February 8, 2019 at 10:47 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"ipg-smz@netpress.org" <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Ipg-smz] A question for everyone, particularly Esther Schindler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can top that: On a pub that no longer exists, the copy desk removed a joke of mine (which, if that was the only thing they did, fine) and replaced it with a worse, shittier “joke” that made no sense.<br>
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It was so embarrassing that I never shared the piece on social, and distanced myself from it.<br>
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I don’t mind having my jokes removed; just please don’t change or replace them.<br>
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I’ve actually come to expect my editors to remove my jokes; these days, I’m surprised when one gets through.<br>
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One of the inventors of CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing is named Jennifer Doudna. In a piece I wrote a couple of years ago about patent rights surrounding CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing, I used the subhed “Doudna, Where’s My Cas?”<br>
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I was shocked and disappointed in my editor.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> on behalf of Mac McCarthy <mac.mccarthy@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:04:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ipg-smz@netpress.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] A question for everyone, particularly Esther Schindler</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We had a copy editor at Infoworld, "Jill," who edited for space by deleting the last sentence in a product review. Unfortunately, that sentence was the punchline for a joke. When I complained, she simply replied, "I didn't think it was
funny."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Editing can be maddening.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mac<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 3:58 PM Tom Geller <<a href="mailto:tom@tgeller.com">tom@tgeller.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oh, I have a good one about deleted ledes. (Getting deleded?)
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<p class="MsoNormal">For my 2013 <a href="http://Lynda.com" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a> video course "Writing Articles" (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-articles" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/learning/writing-articles</a>),
I (of course) wrote a dummy article to study. Then in a video that shows how to construct an article, I say:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Then after everything else is done, go back and revisit that first paragraph to make it even stronger. One common trick is to simply delete that first sentence and then see if it's reads any better. A lot of writers, including me, need
a sentence or two to get into the swing of things."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sounds good, right? Except that the producers said, "O.K., do that. Delete the first sentence." I... hadn't planned for that. Luckily, the piece still worked without it. I schooled myself!<o:p></o:p></p>
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Tom Geller * Writer & Video/journalist * <a href="http://tomgeller.com" target="_blank">http://tomgeller.com</a><br>
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, +31 (0)6 87071468<br>
Oberlin, Ohio * +1-415-317-1805<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mac McCarthy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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