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"I probably write three to four words for every one that appears in the final version of an essay." Writing is cutting. Most things are: a lot of crap is produ
by m0nty 19y ago
"I probably write three to four words for every one that appears in the final version of an essay."
Writing is cutting. Most things are: a lot of crap is produced for everything worth keeping.
"Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings." (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.)
- canoebuilder 19y agoIra Glass on a similar theme http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qmtwa1yZRM http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qmtwa1yZRM
- m0nty 19y agoGood quotation: "Not enough is said, about the importance of dropping crap."
- keizo 19y agoA person named canoebuilder on hacker news? I thought I was the only one.
- canoebuilder 19y agoIt's mostly a metaphor for early peoples who used the empty space they created in cut down trees for more efficient means of progress. The literal sense does interest me as well, though. Where do you pilot your canoes?
- keizo 19y agoHaha, yeah... I literally am building canoes. see our website http://kamanucomposites.com http://kamanucomposites.com