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My AP high school English teacher taught me "garbage in, garbage out." His point was that if you want to write high level prose, you need to be reading the best
by wyclif 4y ago
My AP high school English teacher taught me "garbage in, garbage out." His point was that if you want to write high level prose, you need to be reading the best prose stylists and be influenced by them. Read the best writers and stop reading garbage.
- sramsay 4y agoEnglish professor here. This is the secret to becoming a terrific writer: exposing yourself to excellent writing. Nothing replaces this, and it works in every genre from technical writing to lyric poetry.
- wyclif 4y agoWho do you think are the best technical writers? I have a much better sense of who they are in literature, but in technical writing I'd like to read some examples.