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The article is entirely about work patterns; when and where to write, and how to find motivation to do so. For that kind of thing, the advice "find what works f
by Noumenon72 7y ago
The article is entirely about work patterns; when and where to write, and how to find motivation to do so. For that kind of thing, the advice "find what works for you" is better advice than "do what works for me". (Although the latter advice still often helps.)
But writing advice is another thing entirely. Learning to think about your audience while writing is every bit as amenable to advice as learning to think about the processor's branch prediction while coding. Advice like "form a chain from stress position to topic position" (https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/the-long-view/the-science-of-scientific-writing https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/the-long-view/the-sci...), or the "arcs of coherence" from Steven Pinker's The Sense of Style. Human perception processes language in understood ways. Conforming to those expectations requires learning from advice.