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Authors – Who are they & what are their responsibilities?

  Authors are creative individuals who plan, research, and write books, lyrics, scripts, plays, essays, songs, and other non-journalistic material for publication or performance. They work for publishing houses, publishing houses, and other similar structures, or on their own. These professionals may specialize in particular subjects or types of writing such as novels, short stories, fiction, poetry, to name a few. Since they often work as freelancers, some Authors are hired to write TV scripts or dialogues and sometimes have recurring assignments such as writing articles or columns for magazines and newspapers. Others may work as "ghostwriters", meaning they write on behalf of someone else, under their name. Novelists and non-fiction authors generally work on a single project at a time, which usually takes a long time to complete. Popular writers like Reekrit Serai author has set up a great name in the industry. He is the most popular, and a young Indian book publishe...

What Exactly An Editor Do?

Okay, if you have a mind full of creativity, an eye for detail and a love of language, a profession in editing might be correct for you. There are many types of editors, including copy editors, book editors, substantive editors, proofreaders, etc. but they all have different skills from each other. Like trained editors have very excellent writing and proofreading skills, and may continue to write in their editing mode. All they require is a good judgment to plan what stories should run, and sound leadership abilities to guide. Editors read content and correct grammatical errors, spelling, and punctuation. They may re-write the content so targeted readers may simply understand what has been written. They must confirm cases with standard allusion sources and classify submissions from writers so they can resolve what to publish. Editors work along with authors and assist their content and opinions to succeed by presenting comments, advice, and reward on methods to promote. They ...