Love this peek into how you edit. Great catches. The first one, about researchers questioning, makes my hackles rise, too, for a slightly different reason. If you're questioning, you aren't really researching. You're dismissing things that don't support your bias. Your sentence about enslaved people turning to spirituality reads better than the original, but I wouldn't have caught that nuance around "slaves" and "enslaved people". Thank you for showing that.
Thank you! I was nervous to put this out there lol. Showing people how your brain works can be unnerving. And I agree, if you’re questioning, that’s not research in its truest form.
Love this peek into how you edit. Great catches. The first one, about researchers questioning, makes my hackles rise, too, for a slightly different reason. If you're questioning, you aren't really researching. You're dismissing things that don't support your bias. Your sentence about enslaved people turning to spirituality reads better than the original, but I wouldn't have caught that nuance around "slaves" and "enslaved people". Thank you for showing that.
Thank you! I was nervous to put this out there lol. Showing people how your brain works can be unnerving. And I agree, if you’re questioning, that’s not research in its truest form.
I'd love to see more of it.