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> That said: the article wanders, doesn't start with or come to a point, and is difficult to follow. It's more a thinking-out-loud exploration than clear draft
by kinlan 10y ago
> That said: the article wanders, doesn't start with or come to a point, and is difficult to follow. It's more a thinking-out-loud exploration than clear draft IMO.
I would say that is true, there are a lot of different threads that I am trying to pull together at the moment.
- dredmorbius 10y agoAnd that's not necessarily a bad exercise. Quick off-the-cuff bits (like this comment), or things I've been thinking about for a long time, can just spill out. It's the ideas I'm still putting together which I've got to struggle with most, often with extensive notes, outlines, and graphs to organise them. It's a joy for me to see other writers who've clearly distilled their argument. Rare, too. It takes talent, clarity of thought, and organisation. The school of writing advice that this is just words and you've got to keep them flowing strikes me as quite flawed.