yes. There's that grey area of "it's WRONG. But ooh lemme read just a little more. "
I think human nature is such that readers often don't actually need the high level glossy starchy edits that the Authority Figures say we do. Which isn't to say it's okay to be sloppy!! It's not!! But a work like WI, which I think would have been a tough sell to even a small press, has the room, as a web serial, to be rough around the edges while it proves itself. Everything I've seen on the technical stuff can be cleared up pretty easily if they catch a break with a publisher. Which I hope they do!
Also, I find it hilarious how I catch myself rewriting problematic structure or wording in my head in order to just glide on past. My editor brain is happy with the revision and I can just keep reading.
Leona
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