Behind every great work of literature is a great copy editor. But what if editors weren't behind it, but out in front?
Last Friday on Twitter, Benjamin Dreyer and Jonathon Owen got some of us started rethinking what some of the great works of literature might be like if the novels were written about copy editors. I came to the conclusion that literature can only be improved if more novels were written about those of us in the word business.
Here are the 17 best first lines of novels written about copy editors: