Sentences with phrase «real nitpicker»

I have a private editor who critiques me, and she's a real nitpicker, and that's what you need and should want your editor to be — an annoying but effective nitpicker who points out all your mistakes and saves you from embarrassment after your book is in print.

My editor is a real nitpicker; and that's what you want, even though it's annoying to have every little mistake pointed out to you.