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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 1292594" data-attributes="member: 697">This is an important point. People often forget the important role that editors play in the process of putting a book together. They do a lot of important work in putting a multi-author book together, or noticing inconsistencies for single author books.One of the best editors I've worked with was Chris Seeman. He looked over my work on the Moria boxed set to make sure it fit with Tolkien's vision, and he really injected it with the essence of Middle Earth. I think my initial manuscript was pretty good, but the changes he asked for really gave it that extra push that bumped it from a good product to a great one.As an author, I like having an active, demanding editor looking over my work. It gives me a very concrete sense that we're making the finished product better with each revision, and when I hear that a book doesn't need any revisions from me it feels good to know that the editor is saying that because he's truly happy with the product, not because he just didn't feel like reading it closely before sending it to press.One of the things you find once you peak behind the curtain of the gaming industry is that there are a number of "names" in the biz who have pretty ridden the coattails of superior editors.An addendum to that final point: You won't find anyone in this industry who'd be famous if only a meddling editor didn't ruin his work. Keep that in mind, would-be writers.</blockquote>

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