I agree with you about the editor
no matter how good the editor is or the suggestions, it's really about conforming to a 'standard' of expectation by the readers.
If we all do that, nothing new ever be written.
Same with screenplays... cookie cutter-stories and productions.
I should know, being a film producer for decades... haha
My scripts and stories are not conforming to 'standards' and 'am not interested for someone to edit it. The text, stories are there as if I was speaking to you directly... misuse of words, failed structure and content is plentiful. That's just me, my character.... shows the lack of higher education
Yet, people want me to tell them stories of my life, real or imagined. My delivery of a mundane story, add a bit of color and presentation will get the result.. a smile, laugh or deep thought of the seriousness of the subject matter.
Started a weekly post few years ago about and old man such as myself, musings....
So the title is Musings for Geezers.
Young people don't care about it. It doesn't contain car chase, explosions, drugs and wild sex in the subway car after midnight
Geezers.
We all had life experiences and it's time to talk about it or read... and remember the good times we all had and some really shitty ones as well.
Here's an example of my posts. I will have a website soon as I find my WebPlus software for my Win-7 machine....