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How do I deal with supervising editors instead of editing myself?
You loved the dark room and the cut, the craft of finding the story frame by frame. Now it is timelines and other editors, and the making belongs to someone else. That quiet work was yours, and missing it makes sense. But you shape every cut that leaves the room now. Your eye, your sense of rhythm, your standard, that passes into the editors you guide. The craft did not end. It moved into people, and you reach more screens than one pair of hands ever could. Cut something yourself when you can. Take a piece, sit in the dark, find the story again. It keeps your eye sharp and reminds your team what good feels like when you show them, not just tell them.