A lot depends on what you want to accomplish by the end of the day. One moves to editing if one wants to it s your own choice to go to editing. A writer is one who comes up the ideas. An editor is one who executes the ideas. Elliot Editing is a more stable emotional experience than being a writer.
Writing is very hard.
Editors make more money. Should only be an editor if you want to edit. Stephanie Editors must be able to conceive a story. Stephanie will hire people to do the reporting, but will ultimately edit it. Hard to become an editor before you ve been a writer.