Transcript of “Instead of a Long Island Iced Tea, Maybe Go for a Catalina Island Buffalo Milk”
Here’s a tweet from writer Ian Bogus that I think you’ll appreciate.
He’s suggesting the name for a bar.
And he says, a bar called the Copy Desk, where they offer an alternative to your drink order.
And you get kind of really upset for a second, but then realize, no, that’s in fact a better order.
Oh, that makes sense because at a newspaper or a print publication, the copy desk is where you submit your story for editing and you get it back and you realize they’ve changed it.
And at first you’re upset and you’re like, oh, wait, this is a better story.
And I’m going to look great when this goes to print because my name is on it and theirs isn’t.
Exactly.
I mean, a good editor is worth their waiting goal.
Absolutely.
And they don’t get credit.
You get the credit.
They’re just like, you know, in tiny prints on the masthead somewhere, you know, on the masthead page somewhere.
So shout out to copy editors.
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