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It is easy to degrade by editing too. There's a flow that comes with the thought; there's an interchange with the reader that comes with conversation. It is co
by hyperpallium 6y ago
It is easy to degrade by editing too. There's a flow that comes with the thought; there's an interchange with the reader that comes with conversation.
It is comforting to think we can be geniuses with time and effort. But the genius that visits you does not labour.
Not criticizing the content, but the expression in this recent example of overediting: http://paulgraham.com/useful.html http://paulgraham.com/useful.html Note a paragraph comes to life towards the end, that I would guess is transcribed conversation.
- ghostpepper 6y agoThe best tip I've heard to preserve flow in editing is to rewrite - not edit. This is how all editing was done before computers became ubiquitous but you can emulate the process by printing out your first draft with large line spacing, manually going through it with a pen and then - and this is the key - open a new blank document called "Draft 2" and retype it from scratch based on your printed version.
- hyperpallium 6y agoSounds daunting... yet I used to do this in effect, by writing first draft by hand, reading and editing there, and then typing up. Writing by hand, you can also draw arrows for relationships, little diagrams, mini-drafts etc.