Everyone is an editor (3/23-3/27)

One thing that has always fascinated me is that everyone, no matter who they are, wants to have a piece of the editor pie, meaning that they have an opinion about everything.

Now, I respect everyone's opinions, but I have a very low tolerance for pickiness. This stems from sending the final and finished article out to all the people I interviewed at JHCC, and getting responses stating that everything was great, but they weren't comfortable with the word "stop". while I respect being uncomfortable with something, I do think you can take things a little too far.

But needless to say, I had to give up a little bit of myself and practice tact to satisfy the subject. The most interesting thing about editing and publishing is that it involves a lot of humility and maturity, which I find even more interesting. So, instead of rolling my eyes and ignoring it, I changed it so it would satisfy all four subjects, sent it back, and got great reviews.

I had a chance to interview Ogonna again. By all means, she is a ray of sunshine, an inspiration, and an excellent interview. I'm going to start working on her story next week, and hopefully I will have it done by mid-April.

I also gained some Web writing and editing experience this week. The University Advancement Web site is set for release next week, and it was my job to go through everything, make sure it was to style, and make sure it all made sense. So, I did, and I got a great response back from Steve.