If it helps, I very much enjoyed my time as an editor of creative fiction. I started out as a writing tutor, and providing feedback for other people's stories was very fulfilling and always inspired me to write myself. Just like beta work does now whenever I get stuck on my own stories. It was straight copyediting for technical stuff and things with no creativity in it at all that burned me out. So if beta work is fulfilling for you, then editing probably will be too.
For me, it was that I enjoyed developmental editing (even when it was on something fairly dry), helping them figure out what to say and how to say it well, but hated the mundane SPAG and fact-checking. I enjoy the process when it's still a dialogue and a process, but hate it once the story's a done deal and I'm basically just a glorified spell check. So know thyself and which parts you find compelling and you can find a spot that works.
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If it helps, I very much enjoyed my time as an editor of creative fiction. I started out as a writing tutor, and providing feedback for other people's stories was very fulfilling and always inspired me to write myself. Just like beta work does now whenever I get stuck on my own stories. It was straight copyediting for technical stuff and things with no creativity in it at all that burned me out. So if beta work is fulfilling for you, then editing probably will be too.
For me, it was that I enjoyed developmental editing (even when it was on something fairly dry), helping them figure out what to say and how to say it well, but hated the mundane SPAG and fact-checking. I enjoy the process when it's still a dialogue and a process, but hate it once the story's a done deal and I'm basically just a glorified spell check. So know thyself and which parts you find compelling and you can find a spot that works.