Editing Unsong

An author's working document soliciting reader feedback on editing his novel Unsong for publication. A long, spoiler-heavy list of specific decisions and open questions — excising the Unitarian plotline, deleting/merging chapters, merging Sataniel and Thamiel, kabbalistically renaming characters, restructuring the book, fixing the action scenes, and the central puzzle of Malia Ngo's identity (his leading new solution: Malia = Sohu). Genuinely interesting to Unsong readers as a window into novel-construction, but inside-baseball editing logistics rather than a standalone essay.

Quality 52 · Solid. Solid, low (52). A niche author's-notes / feedback-solicitation post — valuable to Unsong fans and a candid look at his editing process, but minimal general content (it's a list of craft decisions for one novel).

Claude’s paradigm shift 22 · Slight. Slight (22). Editing logistics for a specific book; no transferable idea.

Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. Negligible (1). Author's working notes for one novel.