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This is written so incoherently that no one should be taking writing advice from this person, whatever that advice is.
by idlewords 7y ago
This is written so incoherently that no one should be taking writing advice from this person, whatever that advice is.
- oska 7y agoAgree. Indeed it reads like a parody of (self-obsessed & pretentious) bad writing.
- Accujack 7y agoAgreed. I think the problem is likely that neither this teacher nor any students really understand what "show, don't tell" means, and tend to overuse it when they think they do. That's just a guess, though. This article is a pretentious mess.
- partisan 7y agoThis was the one and only thought that came to mind when I made an attempt to read the article. I do wonder if it's just a question of attention span. Does the author ramble or am I just incapable of following along on a long form article? Would I have read this article before the internet? I truly don't know, but I do know that there is literally a nearly infinite amount of material to read (relative to my time remaining in life to read it) and I can't waste time on writing such as this.
- neoplatonian 7y agoWow. It is only semi-structured, but incoherent? Surely not. For one, I got the point of the writer, and got it well. I could feel how she feels. Sure it doesn't follow some rigid way of "how things should be written*, but I trust a monologue that looks written as if by a human, with the rhythm of a human, than any polished, structured piece.
- viburnum 7y agoI got halfway through, and baffled by how badly written it was, figured the author was writing ironically.
- mcv 7y agoIn her defense, she does claim to be ruined as a writer.