Week 7 blog

I decided that I wanted to discuss this question that is brought up.

The role of editor is undeniably important in literary and other "little" magazines. How important is an editor in regards to digital storytelling? How does being an online/multimodal editor differ from being a print editor? How is it similar?

I would say that an editor of digital storytelling is just as important as any other editor. Even though there is so much space online that you really could put out innumerable works of art, you still have to draw the line. Just like in a book not many people are going to want to read a thousand page book because it will look daunting the same can be said for the digital world. Sometimes more is not better. The editor has to have the job of cutting out the stuff that is not needed and use the best material. So I would say that having an editor for digital storytelling is very important.
How they differ from print editors is how the work is done. I would say the online editor has it easier because the work is usually submitted online and I think it would be easier to edit. Whereas a print editor sometimes gets submissions through mail so it might be a little harder to edit and then put those changes on a computer. I would also say it is easier and cheaper to correspond with online editors, it gets there faster and you are able to save works and not have to worry so much about all the paper. But they are the same in the sense that work has to be done, no matter what editor you are you have to work and read each submission and decide which ones you want to read. You both have to reply and sometimes work with the author of the piece and so on. So I would say the number one thing is that work is involved with both parties.