A Little Encouragement

A little encouragement can do wonders for your soul. You could say it's a great tonic. Every time I send a writer an email pointing out the "passive voice" in their articles, or other grammatical issues, I wonder if I'm going to step on someone's toes. Once in a while, someone does comment that she thinks I've gone a little overboard. Sometimes, like today, someone actually thanks me. This person took my critiques as "helpful and constructive," and said he was new to the company and had been struggling to learn the guidelines, but that my thoughtful explanations of my edits had been very helpful. That makes me feel good, and makes me nostalgic for the writers I worked with for 10 years at Airport Journals. Happily, I still keep in touch with many of them--I just don't edit them!