If you have ever considered being a writer, you likely are familiar with the editing and revision process that goes into making a story great. If you've ever considered sending a story in, someone at a publishing firm has to sign off on your project. At the minimum, they are seeing if something is marketable and able to be sold. More likely than not, they are going to edit and pick your projects apart.

I want to be that person.

And before you say it, yes. I will be able to still write my own stories. I am excited to get established in a firm and get to know the process more before getting my own work in. I think it'll help my chances a lot more to be aware of how much work it takes to get a work published before trying to do it myself.

Being an editor is going to be great for sharpening my writing skills. I am shocked at the amount of editing some works need just for basic spelling and grammar. I love going through things that are rough and unedited, and, as terrible as it sounds, it is so much fun to write in red pen all over someone's work. I try to be as positive as I can and constructive, but there is just something about bringing work up to standard and showing an author what needs to be improved that is so fun.

I also love the idea of bringing what a "common reader" might find confusing or amusing to light. There's something about picking a story apart until it is raw and challenging a writer to do better. It is the most satisfying thing to see something get to its full potential.

With such little emphasis being put on learning proper grammar, especially with spellcheck and Grammerly and tools like those, people are writing and writing- and that's great! But there will always be a need for editing, and people who are trained in all the rules to make sure the writing gets where it needs to be. It will never go out of style to have clear and concise writing.

My university only offers a few classes in these skills, unless I join the staff of one of the periodicals, so I can only imagine that students in every field, even the ones in STEM majors, are going to need someone to help them out now and again. I cannot wait to see where my future takes me and help people that told me my major was stupid. I changed paths a bit, and I am excited to see where it goes.