Writing.Com General Discussion

somik, I think you'll find you are mistaken.

An editor will never correct anything that could be changed (or dumped) during further edits. That would be a complete and utter waste of their time and yours. They start on the big stuff, and work their way down to the small stuff. Spelling is small stuff.

1. First edit is to correct big-picture stuff, such as plot holes, inconsistencies, character- and story-arc, structure, and to trim out unnecessary passages.
...
X. Last edit (or two) will be correcting grammar and spelling, tweaking sentence structure and generally giving it a final polish.

At no point is the editor interested in the slightest in the preface, unless you intend to print that in the book too. Whether the story matches up to the preface or not is immaterial as to whether the story is well told and well written.

Preface: I wrote this story because I have a fear of spiders and I needed to tackle it.

Angry reader: but there aren't any spiders in this story. It's set on Mars!

Author: Yes, but every time I sat down to write, all I could hear in the back of my mind was David Bowie singing "Spiders from Mars". It was cathartic.