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DOI: 10.4324/9781003167945-6

Editors are this strange breed of Warrior-People. They know they’re going to work the longest hours. They know that all sits on their shoulders.

—Darla K. Anderson, Producer (A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 3, Coco)

Photo 5.1   WALL•E (2008).

© Disney/Pixar.

People of Character

Is there a personality type best suited for becoming an editor? The old cliché of the isolated technician in a windowless room surviving on pizza fails completely to describe the breadth and depth of character represented among editors. Their work demands the emotional intelligence of a polymath—including ...

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