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I’ve never given writers pointers as an editor, so here’s a whole thread of them:
1. Send a clean email and spell the editor’s name right. Little things like that will make you look like a professional—or the opposite—from the start.
2. Respect word count limits and deadlines.
1. Send a clean email and spell the editor’s name right. Little things like that will make you look like a professional—or the opposite—from the start.
2. Respect word count limits and deadlines.
3. Clean your submission and don’t leave track changes on showing everything you fixed. Turn in something that’s already been edited. First drafts are for your eyes only.
4. Don’t include lines like “when you publish this story” on your email.
4. Don’t include lines like “when you publish this story” on your email.
5. Consider submission guidelines rules that shouldn’t be broken instead of suggestions you can to ignore. Don’t send your crime story to a romance anthology or vice versa. Don’t waste an editor’s time and don’t waste your own time.
6. Only argue with an editor about a rejection if you want to look unprofessional, don’t mind public shaming, and are fine with that editor never considering your work again.
7. If you hate the editing process and getting feedback, don’t send your work to editors.
7. If you hate the editing process and getting feedback, don’t send your work to editors.
