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For the lazy, here are my tips: 1) Use what you learned in high school: write in paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences. 2) After you write
by ktRolster 10y ago
For the lazy, here are my tips:
1) Use what you learned in high school: write in paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
2) After you write a sentence, read it out loud (or pronounce it in your mind) to make sure it flows easily.
4) When people reply to your comments on Hacker News (or Slashdot), try to figure out if they understood what you wrote. If they didn't, next time try to think of a way to be more clear. Over time, you will improve: probably quickly.
- munificent 10y ago> read it out loud (or pronounce it in your mind) If you pronounce it in your mind, you'll pronounce what you thought you wrote, not what you actually wrote. Your memory of your writing will distract from your vision. The simplest, best, most actionable advice I know to improve writing is: "Edit". The second is "Read it out loud".
- ktRolster 10y agoIf you pronounce it in your mind, you'll pronounce what you thought you wrote, not what you actually wrote With a little practice, that won't be a problem. If you find it is still a problem, then the solution you gave of reading it out loud is fine, too.
- munificent 10y ago> With a little practice, that won't be a problem. I've written quite a bit of prose over the past decade or so. I still find a lot of things in the third draft (read out loud) that I didn't notice in the first two.
- ktRolster 10y agook, keep it up then :)