<p>FWIW, as someone often praised highly for my writing (and I’m not saying that arrogantly, just in context), I think this article is pretty well written and writing is NOT always literal! The “bake them brownies” line does NOT necessarily mean the writer gave her LOR writers brownies! If I write in a narrative “This is what I like about the house: that I can sit here without question and not say a word, that I can be completely honest and yet still be wrapped in my warm, wishful web of lies,” the character is neither completely honesty nor literally wrapped in a web of lies.</p>