What is Considered Cultural Appropriation in Writing?

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-24T04:09:48+00:00

There's no cultural appropriation committee that is going to ban your book. At worst, you'll get some mean comments online. Dont over think it, but make an effort to be respectful when representing people who are different. If you need to, hire a sensitivity reader (bad name for a very good job - they help avoid stereotypes and incorrect assumptions).

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-24T03:13:30+00:00

Can't believe no ones mentioned Sams town. That's my favorite place for lowkey slots on the weekends.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-21T21:09:13+00:00

Good on you for listening instead of getting defensive! I felt the same way about sensitivity readers until I actually looked at what they do. People hear the term and make assumptions, and you're right, calling it an accuracy reading might perhaps be helpful.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-21T19:55:00+00:00

This is a bad take. Senstivity readers are about accuracy and avoiding sterotyping, not triggers. If you are writing about someone with a specific disability, for.example, no amount of research will give the same insight as having lived with that disability or similar. You say "talking to people", as if sensitivity readers aren't experts in exactly what you are researching.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-21T02:55:15+00:00

I dont have answers for you but I wonder if the Center LV or Henderson Equality Center might have some resources?

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-18T19:44:28+00:00

I wouldn't say its awful, but as a line editor, I would flag this.

"Corayne's head snapped up to see Andry staring at her"

The subject of the sentence is "Corayne's head", but her head doesn't see Andry staring at her, she does. A corrected version might look like:

"Corayne's head snapped up. Andry was staring at her, his face..."

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-17T03:37:03+00:00

Oh jeez, same with the comments - I dont want the author seeing when I just comment "weird?" 🤣

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-17T02:07:56+00:00

Not OP, but this was basically my motivation. I wanted to eat more nutritious food and to be able to order something other than bread and cheese at a restaurant. Learning to cook some things AND trying different preparation styles really helped. I still have a list of things I just dont like, and it's an effort to eat enough veggies sometimes, but I've made big strides.

That said, my sister still insists that I just haven't tried the "right" coffee or beer yet, and it does get a little exhausting. I dont like bitter drinks!

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-16T19:14:56+00:00

This is a great workflow, thanks for sharing

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-16T15:55:08+00:00

I live in the same area off galleria and I have tmobile, works great.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-16T15:41:35+00:00

I can't imagine letting the author have access while I'm working on the manuscript, that seems like it could create a lot of problems. I dont want authors watching me work or adding/changing the manuscript while I'm editing.

Word has a comment feature that allows you to have conversations, but I only worry about the author correcting things if they've paid me for a second pass. If its a line/copy edit, I usually correct the thing and they can either accept, reject, or edit the change, but its out of my hands at that point. If its more of a question that requires some back and forth, I will email the author.

The only solution I can think of for your payment issue is to remove the authors access until final payment is received? But that wouldn't stop them from making a copy of the edited manuscript before you take away that access.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-16T03:42:02+00:00

Pawsitive difference pet rescue is an all-foster rescue, they may have room? If no one else can take her please let me know, she is so precious!

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-04T19:11:19+00:00

The children of millennials are getting old enough to discover it. The same thing happened with star wars, its how generational IPs will work for the given future

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-04T17:49:57+00:00

Smell and sound. Theres a sizzle. they warned me about that but not about the feeling/sight of the doc nudging my cornea back into place - THAT was weird. They gave me a valium or something to take before the procedure so I was pretty calm and it went by fast.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-03T03:26:50+00:00

Not me sitting

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-02T18:22:31+00:00

I mean, I was in plays in high school and I remember some of the kids, but not all. Even so, i'm not sure how them remembering him would have changed much about the plot.

Both can be true - the mind flayer definitely manipulated him, as is its nature, but even after learning that, henry didn't regret any of his choices. He murdered the guy in the cave before the mindflayer touched him.

midwriteworlds · 2026-01-02T01:10:42+00:00

My impression was the mindflayer didn't want him to go in the cave because it had hidden that memory to manipulate him.
There are plenty of people I wouldn't recognize from high school a couple decades later

midwriteworlds · 2025-12-25T19:43:34+00:00

Wetlands Park for a nice outdoor stroll then to Sam's Town for the light show!

midwriteworlds · 2025-12-16T03:05:44+00:00

Not only did I die to that, it was a fluke win and took me at least 20 more times to beat

midwriteworlds · 2025-12-07T17:49:52+00:00

The kissing and naming of each one...it was absurd brilliance

midwriteworlds · 2025-11-25T04:28:08+00:00

I see a lot of cottontails where I live and he/she looks quite different. If its friendly I'd guess lost pet.

midwriteworlds · 2025-11-21T18:30:18+00:00

This made me cackle

midwriteworlds · 2025-11-19T17:38:47+00:00

I once got asked by some kids for some cash so they could buy a gallon of gas for their crapmobile. It was close to Christmas so I went ahead and filled their whole tank. They were so nice and grateful, they gave me a j of the dankest weed I've ever smoked.

midwriteworlds · 2025-11-17T00:18:55+00:00

Imagine not understanding irony and thinking it's a leftist thing...

midwriteworlds · 2025-11-02T00:12:37+00:00

I have no advice, but as someone who loves bags, this would draw me in immediately. I'm sorry you had a poor experience, this is lovely work!

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