[Ipg-smz] A question for everyone, particularly Esther Schindler

[Esther Schindler]

The bottom line is… Is is a sample of your writing? If you were approaching a new-to-you editor and wanted to show off what you were capable of, would this be such an example? It might be, if you were in a conversation where you could say, “This is me, except for the lede that an editor rewrote.” All of us have been there, as you can see. It’s apt to make you bond with the editor rather than be a turn off. But do think it through for specific cases.

Alan’s example is so perfect that I regularly refer to some editing processes as “Alan’s cheeseburger.” We all need macros in our lives.


> On Feb 7, 2019, at 3:18 PM, Carol Pinchefsky <will_edit_for_food at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> A few months ago, I wrote an article for the blog of the Society for Neuroscience. At long last, it came out today. 
> 
> https://www.brainfacts.org/Neuroscience-in-Society/Tech-and-the-Brain/2019/Video-games-may-enhance-skills-beyond-a-superb-double-jump-020619 <https://www.brainfacts.org/Neuroscience-in-Society/Tech-and-the-Brain/2019/Video-games-may-enhance-skills-beyond-a-superb-double-jump-020619>
> 
> The problem? The first four paragraphs aren’t mine. My intro was completely sliced off and rewritten. As it happens, the rewrite isn’t bad. It’s just not...me.
> 
> Is it possible to use this as a writing sample when it isn’t actually a sample of my writing? 

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