4 ms·
The Day You Became a Better Writer by Scott Adams
- saurabh_hooda 10y agoOne para in the article says: Humor writing is a lot like business writing. It needs to be simple. The main difference is in the choice of words. For humor, don’t say “drink” when you can say “swill.” "Drink" should be simpler than "swill" to me. What do you say?
- DrScump 10y ago(June 2007)
- saurabh_hooda 10y agoI got the hint that I was supposed to mention the date of the article in the title. It's my first post on HN:) I'll take of this point in future posts. Thanks:)
- DrScump 10y agoIt warrants attention only if it's not recent in origin (say, the past few months or so).