[Ipg-smz] Gene Weingarten: How about I rewrite that contract for you, Mr. Lawyer? - The Washington Post

[Gabe Goldberg]

He writes:

When I first became an editor, back when your ma was wiping strained 
prunes off your chin, newsroom negotiations were simple. Things tended 
to go like this:

*Editor:* I’d like you to write a 900-word story about figs.

*Freelance writer:* Okay.

*Editor: *I will pay you $300 for this story, which you need to complete 
by next Friday.

*Writer:* Those terms are acceptable. I will do a good job, consistent 
with my abilities and the time allotted.

*Editor: *Don’t be a jackass during the editing, okay?

*Writer: *No problem. Don’t edit it like imbeciles, okay?

*Editor: *You got it.

(They shake hands.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-how-about-i-rewrite-that-contract-for-you-mr-lawyer/2019/11/13/38e304f6-f4db-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html

...that was then.

-- 
Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc.       gabe at gabegold.com
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042           (703) 204-0433
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