Editor’s Letter: As an editor, I sometimes feel like a real-life magician

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Editor’s Letter: As an editor, I sometimes feel like a real-life magician
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For a nerd with a love of language like myself, perhaps this is the next best thing to being Hermione Granger, writes Harriet Williamson

Transforming copy that arrives in need of a bit of TLC into something that flows and really engages readers feels like alchemys a Voices editor, one of the most important parts of my job is to take the copy of writers – freelance and in-house – and ensure that their words are polished until they sparkle.

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