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I liked the approach of Pinker's book "A Sense of Style": https://stevenpinker.com/publications/sense-style-thinking-persons-guide-writing-21st-century https://
by neves 4y ago
I liked the approach of Pinker's book "A Sense of Style": https://stevenpinker.com/publications/sense-style-thinking-persons-guide-writing-21st-century https://stevenpinker.com/publications/sense-style-thinking-p...
He gives writing tips based in how the mind works. Instead of a bunch of rigid rules, you can understand it based in cognitive theory.
- neves 4y agoA good article about the book: https://www.openculture.com/2019/03/steven-pinkers-13-rules-for-good-writing.html https://www.openculture.com/2019/03/steven-pinkers-13-rules-...
- udev 4y agoI read about 800 pages of his writing ("Better Angels ..." book) and there were passages of absolute beauty, like the part about Alan Turing.