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Beyond cuts: the many roles of a writer's editor

"An editor may be butcher, but they are also a midwife, a parent, a nanny, a matron, a therapist, a conspirator and a friend. But don't forget that, in the end, only a butcher can turn a live, stamping, snorting, animal into something you can stomach. So perhaps it's time we heard it for the butchers." #link