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I feel like this was just a misunderstanding about the words that were removed instead of re-written. I thought “marriage blackout nights” was some cultural thi
by codazoda 4y ago
I feel like this was just a misunderstanding about the words that were removed instead of re-written. I thought “marriage blackout nights” was some cultural thing. Turns out the author was talking about the trend of a married couple who often got blackout drunk. But, I completely missed that meaning on my first read.
- mywittyname 4y agoAgreed. My takeaway of the first passage was quite different than what the author had indented to express. The editor wasn't censoring the author, she was making cultural translations. The author's obsession with the balcony passage is hilarious, and it gives me a good insight into his general attitude. It's as though he feels that his prowess is being questioned and that he needs to be defensive and attack an entire culture. I mean, in response to a minor edit, he literally called up a "friend" out of the blue to ask her details about sex they had a decade back. That's Grade A insecurity. It's likely this insecurity is seeped thoughout his writing. And his editor is doing her best to legitimately improve his story telling.