BobSacamano
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Funny how we all write to be read, but when we realize just how many eyes will be on our work, we get nervous. It's horrifying to an extent.
One of my first nationally published pieces was in a big sports magazine, and I was sweating the whole first week it was on stands. The man I interviewed, a great coach and better person, was looking forward to reading the published piece, and I didn't realize how many liberties the mag editors would take with quotes. I came from a newspaper environment where words are printed as close to verbatim as possible, and was working with a magazine where cleaning quotes for space and ease was expected.
Either way, he loved it and understood completely. His words weren't twisted to imply anything he didn't mean, so he chose to dwell on his happiness over the feature. It still leaves a little knot in my stomach, though, when I see my articles with quotes not printed exactly as told.
One of my first nationally published pieces was in a big sports magazine, and I was sweating the whole first week it was on stands. The man I interviewed, a great coach and better person, was looking forward to reading the published piece, and I didn't realize how many liberties the mag editors would take with quotes. I came from a newspaper environment where words are printed as close to verbatim as possible, and was working with a magazine where cleaning quotes for space and ease was expected.
Either way, he loved it and understood completely. His words weren't twisted to imply anything he didn't mean, so he chose to dwell on his happiness over the feature. It still leaves a little knot in my stomach, though, when I see my articles with quotes not printed exactly as told.