...Beyond cuts: the many roles of a writer's editor
When he took on the job at Granta, Porter was told that Eleanor Catton was "at work on a slim novella; something to do with stars". And so, great traps are laid. Porter inherited a half-finished manuscript – "I think that's putting it generously" – and a publishing schedule that meant, at times, having to resort to somewhat blunt tools to get the thing delivered. "About two hours after I joined Twitter I got an email from Max," says Catton. "The subject was 'Twitter?!?!' and the body of the email just said '#murderweapon'. "
No comments:
Post a Comment