We write a development letter that incorporates the wisdom of the editor enlightened by reviewers’ suggestions so that the author has a clear and unambiguous message on how to improve the submission. Doing so is particularly helpful since reviewers’ approach papers from their various vantage points and what one reviewer values another may devalue. Also, some reviewers need to be mentored on how to write constructively. It is the editor’s task to make sense of these different viewpoints and to place them into a constructively written development letter.