Give me Room TO SAY IT

One day, i hope to have the amount of power as Haruki Murakami where I could write an entire book and have no editors for it. OR have editors, but they are totally subservient to me and what i want to say and not say. I heard this rumour that his latest novel 1Q84 wasn't edited at all. AT ALL. I mean, when i heard this rumour, i was like " That's REAL fucking power" and i can only dream about how this would feel for a writer to finally have that power to say exactly what they want and for no one to intervene. I don't have any beef with the editors in my life but one day, i really hope that i won't have any. I know it sounds arrogant of me, but i always know what i want to put out into the world and what i don't. I hate it when editors change my work and change my language so i end up sounding nothing like how i want to sound. The thing is, i'm willing to put up with this because this is just what you have to do at the start of your career. Hey editors if you're reading this, no bad blood i swear. Keep editing my work, it's your magazine, publication, website whatever. This is just a personal rant i have to have.

I like it when editors refine my work and change it so that it's more polished and editorial. But i can't stand it when they change words or ideas so i end up saying something completely different to what i wanted to. It doesn't happen that often, but i feel like even a slight change can alter the entire vibe of what you're trying to put out there. I guess the difference between me and some other writers is that i'm more urgently inclined to get certain messages out there. Like there's a part of me that's invested in actually bringing certain ideas into play as opposed to just churning out some content for the flow of a website.