Editing our own writing is hard when we're too close to the words. Journalist and editor Susanna Schrobsdorff shares a simple, free technique she learned at TIME magazine: read your work out loud, then find a 'willing victim' to read it to. Business writer Bruno Selun puts it to the test on a report he's finishing, and we hear how David Sedaris uses a live audience as his first editor.
About the guests
Susanna Schrobsdorff writes the It's Not Just You newsletter on Substack where she has 17k subscribers. She is a contributor to The Washington Post, Monocle and TIME magazine, as well as co-founder of The Blue Hour Paris writing retreat. Previously, she was an executive editor at TIME magazine. She lives in Paris with a small, cosseted dog.
Bruno Selun is a team coach and facilitator. He writes for clients and for his business, Kumquat. He is based in Brussels, Belgium. He specialises in helping international executive teams, boards, and organizations navigate complex dynamics to achieve measurable, transformative impact.
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