title: Advice for a young editor: my journey in dental journalism.
abstract: Editing is sometimes a good route to writing; it may certainly be useful for an editor to understand the writer's point of view. Tips are offered regarding building writing skills, developing personal discipline, and generating story ideas. Writing and editing can be a way of finding out who one is.
authors.affiliation: ekcurtis@cableone.net
authors.forename: Eric K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007598:Journalism, Dental / Q000592:standards; D014956:Writing