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Destry's stuff is the right stuff, plain as pudding as good writing should be.
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IMHO-
I'm sure many of us have noticed some awkward or frivolous portions of some submitted articles…but I find that I enjoy the articles more when I read them as an enthusiast instead of an editor.- Doug
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Joe-
I agree with you 100% - the writing stinks. It always has. I don't think they do any copy editing and a lot of the writing reads like filler that's there to fill in the spaces between the ads and pics.
I almost never read the articles. I just skim them for info.
That being said, the pics are nice and I have learned a lot from the mag. I own every issue and I'll keep buying them as long as they come out.
OWD Kind of like "National Geographic". I do love it though.
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Joe-
I agree with you 100% - the writing stinks. It always has. I don't think they do any copy editing and a lot of the writing reads like filler that's there to fill in the spaces between the ads and pics.
I almost never read the articles. I just skim them for info.
That being said, the pics are nice and I have learned a lot from the mag. I own every issue and I'll keep buying them as long as they come out.
OWD Sorry. Best, John
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In my experience, the few times they editted something I wrote they changed the meaning and introduced mistakes into the article. They terribly screwed up the information in the article on the BE-Grade Remington in the previous issue, and now I hear from Charles Semmer that they screwed up the correction in this issue!! Still, I think we have to give Dan some credit for giving us a magazine for our passions. I've dropped Upland Almanac, Sporting Classics, and Shooting Sportsman.
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King,
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it.
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Out there at the crossroads molding the devil's bullets. - Tom Waits
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PS  DGJ didn't arrive yet.
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Researcher, proper editing consists of submitting the revised material back to the writer for approval before printing. It's the give and take of the two that results in a quality product. I learned this long ago when I worked for a editor of the Farm Journal. I would write, he would correct and organize, then I would argue for original intent, etc. In the end we'd have a polished article. It took time but it was worth it.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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It happens elsewhere as well.
I have had errors of spelling, fact etc, as well as awkward expression introduced into each of the manuscripts I've submitted to a local publication. Hunters and shooters in Aust generally bemoan the lack of consistent quality in the limited Australian hunting and shooting press. There's good stuff there, but a lot of dross.
I personally love DGJ, and it is miles ahead of anything we have in Aust.
RG
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