One of the disadvantages of writing for a newspaper is that much of what the reader sees and reads of an author’s work has been determined by someone other than the person who wrote the article. Word count, positioning, availability of space for pictures, deadlines, the title that goes above the review, and sometimes even the content of the article are the result of decisions made by an editor or a layout person. Writing for my own site has given me the freedom to overcome most of these limitations.

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