“when I have like full ownership of the entire process again I'm able to I guess like fully create the vision... it's a lot easier I think for me to like iterate and pivot and try new things when I have ownership of the entire thing versus I'm trying to like communicate with an editor”

Take editing back to own the full vision

Outsourcing the boring parts feels like leverage, but it severs the feedback loop between vision and execution. Pull editing (or whatever the craft step is) back in-house when you're iterating on format — you can't direct an editor through experiments you haven't run yourself. Reverse the conventional wisdom: outsource only after you've stopped pivoting.