And, they edit. They suggest minor changes on some pieces, and on others, they ask writers to completely rework stories. The writers accept this and have come to welcome it. Young writers at times don't appreciate this, and they're wrong. Once or twice a week, the department holds a fiction meeting.
Editors discuss stories scheduled to run, stories they've bought, and stories they're contemplating.
The magazine prints only one story a week. It's harder to publish a story we all really like if it doesn't have a certain weight.