> Really, anyone considering working as an author who can’t produce an excellent, polished first draft without an editor should consider a line of work more att

> Really, anyone considering working as an author who can’t produce an excellent, polished first draft without an editor should consider a line of work more attuned to his or her talents. Really, anyone considering being a programmer who can't write a program without bugs on the first try without an IDE should... Yeah that seems overly harsh and incorrect. Skills take time and practice to develop.