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When you finish a writing assignment, who is the first person to edit your work? Here’s a clue: if you answer the publisher of your work, and that isn’t you, you’re in for a surprise.

Getting it Right the First Time is Rarer than You Think It’s a rare one who writes right the first time, every time. And I am not that rare one. I used to think a poem needed to work the first time written, or it was meant to be trashed. I thought the writing process [...]