An anecdote from a more modest realm on the unrepayable value of editors: I recently volunteered to write my first couple of articles for the always-excellent

An anecdote from a more modest realm on the unrepayable value of editors: I recently volunteered to write my first couple of articles for the always-excellent LWN.net. As expected, I went through several rounds of editing with them. This was after several of my own "look again on a fresh morning" rounds of private editing. The process was quite instructive. I benefited from a range of "bug fixes" from the fine editors—suggestions to make the lede paragraph more robust; small rephrasings that greatly improve readability; and seemingly minor edits that contribute to the overall structure and coherency. The value of an experienced and judicious editor is hard to describe well. (Thanks Jake, et al!) I relished the back-and-forth review rounds, good-natured arguments, and "nitpicks" that greatly benefited the end product. As William Zinsser puts it, "Rewriting is where the game is won or lost; rewriting is the essence of writing." - - - For those who're curious, I did this as part of KVM Forum[1] conference round-up for LWN. Here's[2] one of the two articles; it should be accessible without login. If you're the patient kind, I certainly recommend contributing to LWN. [1] https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kvm-forum/ https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kvm-forum/ [2] Challenges in protecting virtual machines from untrusted entities — https://lwn.net/Articles/838488/ https://lwn.net/Articles/838488/