This reminds me of Thomas Sowell’s take on writing and editors specifically https://www.tsowell.com/About_Writing.html https://www.tsowell.com/About_Writing.ht

This reminds me of Thomas Sowell’s take on writing and editors specifically https://www.tsowell.com/About_Writing.html https://www.tsowell.com/About_Writing.html The section on editing is about 2/3 of the way through, although the whole thing is a great read. TLDR: writers don’t like being edited (particularly by bad writers acting as editors)