With 2025 almost here, it’s time for resolutions you’ll actually want to keep: 10 Resolutions for Editors.
Resolution 1: Ask yourself this question: Are my edits making the story better or just different?
"If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework — you can still be writing, because you have that space." Joyce Carol Oates, born this day.
On Memorial Day take a moment to read this classic @latimes story by the late Al Martinez, who served in the Korean War. As a columnist, Al was known for his humor. Here he shows another side of himself as he remembers buddies who didn't make it home.
