Originally Posted by rollnloop.
Thanks for infos, I was asking because here, it seems that editors are very powerful, and pretty often are deciding of the fate of the book (most probably less/not for famous writers) since there's no real distinction between editor and publisher.


Agree Dan Brown probably has a bit more power over his final draft than a lot of authors, especially first time authors. But a good editor is worth listening to because as the author you get lost in your world and the chapter you spent the most time on might be exactly the one that should be cut.

Then again I once had an editor (at Pan MacMillan, so he probably knew what he was talking about) say in essence 'the plot and characters are excellent it just needs to be completely rewritten before resubmitting' which isn't exactly a motivating piece of feedback. I never did resubmit that one.

Fred


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