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I wish articles like this would just get to the point. We don't need yet another explanation of how recycling works, how it has low recovery rates, etc. Given t
by geuis 4y ago
I wish articles like this would just get to the point. We don't need yet another explanation of how recycling works, how it has low recovery rates, etc. Given the audience, take it as a given the reader has the basics down.
Further down the author finally starts to talk about their topic (trash picking robots), but then digresses yet again. It's a really terrible writing style.
State what your topic is up front with a brief high level, then you can mix in some more background while expanding on the details further below.
- swayvil 4y agoIf you want to be taken seriously you need to pad everything out to 40 paragraphs. It's some kind of unwritten rule of the internet. Literally. They even have bots that cull succinctity or label it trolly. It's psychotic.
- geuis 4y agoI remember in high school reading a Tale of Two cities. Absolutely disliked how all the language is over dramatic and flowery. Try reading some scientific papers from the same era. Many of them are similar in how they were written. Then sometime after I read something by Mark Twain for the first time. I was blown away at how much easier and more enjoyable his writing style was.
- langsoul-com 4y agoYou might enjoy Derrick Sivers articles then. He goes out of his way to make everything short and concise.
- myself248 4y agoHi, here's my life story. [14 paragraphs of crap] Ingredients list. Recipe. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
- ljlolel 4y agoYou all would enjoy the density of Twitter more