So I was talking to one of my writer friends and she was telling me that she recently had one of her stories posted on a site for a review/edit. Okay....no big deal. We all do that, I have this amazing friend that I love.....Danielle.....who lets me bounce my edits off of her. She runs one edit while I run another. I'm the type of person that does what I lovingly call word vomit. I toss everything on the page and then go back to edit. I know that it probably pisses my friend off but god love her, she know my writing style and 9 times out of 10 we both end up having the exact same edits.
Anyway, back to my friend. She posted her short story and the person that picked up the edit sent her back some very, very unkind edits. We're not talking like, you missed a period here or you missed a word there. We're talking things like: "This paragraph is laid out totally wrong. You should read my story for a better idea on how to lay it out." or "You might want to read my story for a better idea on how a couple should appear in a story. Having the romance bloom so late, just doesn't work." Every edit/suggestion she made referenced my friend going back and reading her story for ideas or suggestions on how to write.
What she was basically saying is that the way my friend was writing was not good and that HER way of writing was the correct way. Is there really a better way of writing a story versus another? I've read my friends story and thought it was really well written and it flowed good so hearing the edits that were suggested, surprised me. Personally I think that all that matters is the story. I don't believe that there is one better method of writing or laying out of a story. Is this just me? Did I really miss the memo about the way of writing that all writers should be using now?
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