Orson Scott Card on feedback from editors
Orson Scott Card discusses the value of receiving feedback from editors, emphasizing how editorial input can help improve a writer's work and storytelling.
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Orson Scott Card recounts that his story "Ender's Game" was initially rejected by editors Ben Bova and Jim Baen, whose feedback he largely ignored or adapted in his own way. He argues that editors do not know a story better than its author, and that the most useful tool for improving a rejected manuscript is time and a complete rewrite focused on what works.