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I prefer when authors lead with the conclusion and then spend the rest of the essay supporting it. I hate long essays that bury the lede, and force you to read
by SkyMarshal 3y ago
I prefer when authors lead with the conclusion and then spend the rest of the essay supporting it.
I hate long essays that bury the lede, and force you to read through paragraphs of bloviating and pontificating until they finally get to the point. Save that for the fiction novels.
Whenever I come across an essay like that, I either skip reading it, or read it backwards starting at the end conclusion and then working backwards to see how it was justified. Marc is just saving me some work here.
- satvikpendem 3y agoI recently started copy pasting these types of articles into ChatGPT and asking it to make a bullet point summary with the thesis first.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoBut in this case he begins with: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, / Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all” Beginning from paragraph one I am already doubtful he will be able to convincingly support it. I guess I'm happy that he's confident that AI wars will be better for it (you know, when we have to have those pesky things). It was a very odd list of wishful New Foundation fantasies.
- ngold 3y agoStart with a two paragraph thesis, then use the rest of the article supporting it?