On the one hand I agree with you about editing being harder. On the other hand, and having been an editor in the past, I can that overall it is much easier. Wor

On the one hand I agree with you about editing being harder. On the other hand, and having been an editor in the past, I can that overall it is much easier. Working within the writer's constraints is usually less difficult than trying to figure out what the constraints should be in the first place. As an editor it can actually feel pretty empowering to slash away any final barriers between the writer's intended message and the audience. And, yes, good editing is invisible. It's a very good feeling, when you can discover the author's original mindspace, and hack away at it.