As an editor, you have to craft a scene that elevates the material. It's intensely demanding. You have to watch the dailies with an alertness and openness of heart that is difficult to achieve when you're working under pressure. The West Wing' is some of the best material I've ever worked on. This episode, 'What Kind of Day Has It Been,' stood out for me because it had more action than anything else I had cut for the show.
Action is more like montage work, and it's really about inventing the script.
How you tell that story can be an editorial choice.