What a great piece. I can only say that I am ALWAYS grateful to editors, and I think that those who edit without charging a fee here on Medium should all get medals. Perhaps I have been lucky in that I have never come across a bad editor: i think they ARE out there. And you can tell because they want to change your voice into their voice: they are frustrated writers, more than they are editors, I think. I would hate to be an editor here on Medium. If I did have the required skill set, I would want to be PAID because it is a time-consuming skill. My gratitude to you and all editors: you are doing an awesome job trying to make stories better. How very sad that some writers do not appreciate that. There is no helping some people.