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The Need for Editorial Services by HG Nadel

As much as writers despise clichés and trying hard not to use one, an old adage on writing and writers had stayed this far: A good editor is a writer’s closest ally. Today’s writers may have longed for the good old days every time they hear legendary stories about famous writers and their equally-famous editors. Those were the days, indeed. However, the realities in the writing business have not changed much (writers need editors), only the circumstances. Today, there are editorial services. Writing errors For the ordinary reader, seeing and reading errors in a publication are distracting. It might be inconsistencies in content, style, format or even the standard use of English. For a writer, those writing errors are mortal sins that are definitely unforgivable. Even publications that are published daily (and whose deadline schedules are mini-visions of hell) are expected to come out with a paper free of terrible grammar and cleaned of misplaced commas and missing periods at the