When it comes to writing, smart people ask for help.A good editor polishes your prose without changing your style or voice. A good editor capitalizes on your strengths and gets the results you want, saving you precious time. Because your work is important.A good editor listens to your needs and offers guidance tailored to your specific goals for your project. A good editor leaves the artistic control in your hands while making suggestions about the content and corrects the grammar. Because first impressions count, whether it’s with an agent, a client, a publisher, or a professor.As a freelance writer and editor, a writing tutor, and a fiction writer for over 15 years, I’ve crafted short stories, children’s stories, and articles for several Bryan/College Station publications, Flair! Magazine and The Eagle, and have polished the work of magazine writers, fiction and children’s book authors, college students, and international graduate students to create pieces that shine.A good editor enables you to keep doing what you do best. Ask for help. Because you’re moving forward.