12 Things to Say to an Editor

1. Trim the head.
2. Trim the tail.
3. Prelap that line, please.
4. Let's put the line over her/his back.
5. Let's establish the new screen direction before we go into that coverage.
6. May I please look at all the versions of that line?
7. Let's stay on the master longer.
8. It feels ________________ (rushed, draggy, etc.). How can we fix that?
9. It's missing the story point a little here. What would you suggest?
10. Let's make a dialogue lift, from (line of A's dialogue) to (line of B's dialogue).
11. Let’s let it breathe a little. Could you please add some frames and let that line really land?
12. You did a fantastic job! Thank you, editor!