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A lot of that old-fashioned writing is so long because of the per-word rates they got paid to write it and the patience of readers who didn't have much else to
by mkr-hn 5y ago
A lot of that old-fashioned writing is so long because of the per-word rates they got paid to write it and the patience of readers who didn't have much else to do with their time and money. Don't mistake consequences of circumstances for essential qualities.
- bangkoksbest 5y agoI don't mean everyone should be Dickens lol. It's fine to be Hemingway, but not because that's the objectively positive way to write.