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I'm glad I'm not alone in finding the people who insufferably whine about things in a creative work not directly serving "the plot" to be wasting the time of wh
by advael 3y ago
I'm glad I'm not alone in finding the people who insufferably whine about things in a creative work not directly serving "the plot" to be wasting the time of whoever happens to consume their "critique" far more than any author or filmmaker could ever manage
- dsign 3y agoI'm with you there, but there are also readers who insufferably whine about typos and weird turns of phrase. Thus, books need editors, who limit the size of a book to the budget of the author or the editorial to pay editors. We really, really, need better automatic grammar-checkers. I'm for one quite happy with the latest developments in that area, but it's not yet possible to eschew human editors even for rote tasks like line-editing or proof-reading.
- JoelMcCracken 3y agoThis is why abridged versions exist. It’s a shame for them though, as often so much is lost by omitting digressions. When I was younger, and Walden’s was the only source of books for me, I would sometimes buy one, only to later notice the “abridged” label in ultra fine print