The developer should be working on AI tools to help editors do their job better, not an end-to-end solution to put into the hands of writers. Results from other fields suggests the former approach could boost performance of all but the best developmental editors, but the latter will just lead to confusion and wasted time.
Yes, there's no reason why the developmental editor should pass the saving on to the writer. The latter is paying for a service, and that's just as valuable whether or not the editor has efficient AI tools to reduce their workload.
"A developmental editor has story intuition, which is not about data sets, but about being human, a human who is sensitive to the way books work." Couldn't agree more, Roz!
The developer should be working on AI tools to help editors do their job better, not an end-to-end solution to put into the hands of writers. Results from other fields suggests the former approach could boost performance of all but the best developmental editors, but the latter will just lead to confusion and wasted time.
But then, if they don't want to pay the experts for their help, they won't get a useful product.
Yes, there's no reason why the developmental editor should pass the saving on to the writer. The latter is paying for a service, and that's just as valuable whether or not the editor has efficient AI tools to reduce their workload.
"A developmental editor has story intuition, which is not about data sets, but about being human, a human who is sensitive to the way books work." Couldn't agree more, Roz!
Thank you, Howard!