P3D Re: Destructive Comments

[WHMoll <WHMoll@xxxxxxx>]

<<Greg Wageman writes:

<< But Tom, not everyone is instinctively and automatically capable of
 writing an article worthy of publication, and one thing it ISN'T an
 editor's job to do is take an amateurish,  badly-written article and
 pull it up to acceptable standards.
  >>

Wish I had known that when I edited "Steresoscopy" (or even "FreeWheelin').  I
would have saved a lot of time - but would have had some mighty short issues.
A major part of an editor's job is to take ideas that come in from members or
other contributors and tidy them up to be good articles.  That all has to be
done without offending the author by trampling over their thoughts.

You don't have to have a Pulitzer prize winning article to contribute.  Good ,
simple ideas in a simply stated article are what I looked  for and what most
readers want.

On the "shooter" article thread, I have a modest proposal.  I have read a copy
of George's club newsletter.  It is several orders of magnitude above the
meeting notice format that most club newsletters have.  But, not many people
get to benefit from that significant thought and effort since the club
membership is small.

I would nominate George as the "shooter" Editor for "Stereo World".  Then
thousands of 3D addicts could benefit.  Don't know what John Dennis and George
T. would think of the idea, but I know that the NSA is looking for help for
Dennis.  He has been doing a huge task for a long time - it can get old after
awhile.

Bill Moll
Editor of Atlanta Stereographic Association "Freeview"
NSA VP, Activities


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