Image: Cover art from Millennials Strike Back via Griffith Review. Cover artist: Laura Callaghan, Disconnect 2015. Publication Date: Apr 2017 / ISBN: 9781925498356. Supplied.
An editor is an interrogator of sentences and a champion of story. Their days may consist of proofreading, subediting and structural editing. They build relationships with writers and allow the writer’s words to shine, usually taking no credit for the finished result.