Editor’s Picks— Top 10: Creative Editing Is a Powerful New Paradigm
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The old wisdom said, ‘Cut all unnecessary words and sentences.’ But what makes this new paradigm exciting?
Think of the movies you watch.
Editing most of the movies in the last century involved removing clips and joining them more sensibly. Audio recording and editing worked similarly. Cut, cut, cut, and join.
But then things changed. First, the movies embraced this new paradigm, something called the ‘special effects.’ You could film a flying carpet with special effects. Movies like King Kong, Godzilla, Superman, and Honey I Shrunk the Kids, are ideas based on special effects.
The audio recording industry also welcomed the trend. From recording a song with all the music in a single track, they started recording different tracks. These tracks were mixed during editing. Now you can record a song in Apple’s GarageBand and change anything you want. It’s free.
But somehow, writing has been stuck with the same advice — for ages. Cut everything you don’t need has been popular since the early 1900s, and there is nothing wrong with it. But you need to become more creative with your editing.
