F ew authors receive any training in how to respond to the comments of editors and re-viewers, although some advice on this topic has been published.1-3 In this article, wepresent our suggestions. The letter from the editor generally comes in one of 4 flavors. First, a manuscript may be accepted without any changes. If this happens to you, count yourself lucky; such an editorial response is rare. In our expe-rience, this has happened only once for each of us. Second, the manuscript may be accepted with suggestions for minor re-visions. Again, count your blessings, quickly make the suggested changes (if you can), and return the revised manuscript; hopefully the paper will be accepted. Dif-ficulties typically arise with the next 2 cat-egories of response: outright rejection and
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