Writing is like backups. If you haven't done a backup restore, then it's not a real backup. Similarly, if someone can't read what you wrote and then explain i

Writing is like backups. If you haven't done a backup restore, then it's not a real backup. Similarly, if someone can't read what you wrote and then explain it back to you in their own language and concepts, your writing hasn't passed muster. There's a reason there are always acknowledgments to draft-readers in books and YC essays. Good writing is a result of good editing.