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Steps to improve your writing (2020)
- prattcmp 4y agoI can write fairly well, but it takes so much time and energy. How do I become more confident and efficient with my writing? That’s what I’m curious about.
- maroonblazer 4y agoGood writing, like anything worth pursuing to a certain level of quality, takes practice. Lots and lots of practice. Pascal, in a letter, famously wrote something along the lines of "I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter." More practically, I think Pinker offers great advice in his "The Sense of Style". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style
- LoveMortuus 4y ago"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter"
- yamrzou 4y agoPreviously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24915774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24915774
- simonebrunozzi 4y agoSo weird; many upvotes, not a single comment.
- Cupertino95014 4y agoOK, here's one: This is a great article. I hope I obey these precepts in my own writing. Especially the one about attribution: "It's been said that..." or "Experts say..." or "many people think that..." is garbage writing.
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