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Aside from this post ultimately seeming like a bit of a joke given its conclusion, I found myself reflecting on a few things: - Prompting people to send me MOR
by flkiwi 3y ago
Aside from this post ultimately seeming like a bit of a joke given its conclusion, I found myself reflecting on a few things:
- Prompting people to send me MORE email is a horrifying thought and set me right off thinking this would be a parody piece.
- He's write that writing quickly can lead to more ideas. But if I'm writing for someone else, "quickly" can have multiple meanings: I can write one thing quickly, then have to rewrite it several times quickly to remedy all the assumptions and missing concepts even a competently, cleanly, and professionally written piece of text will have, OR I can slow down, answer all those questions as I go, and effectively write once well. Slowing down has been the best writing skill I've ever found for professional writing.
- Having a straight brain-to-Google interface appropriate for 2015 described as permitting almost impulsive thought is ... scary. Discipline benefits even creativity.
- I couldn't help thinking that this piece could have been simply "Work at a comfortable pace, and work on a single item, and don't get distracted by the world" and been more beneficial than "work quickly" (though, again, defining "quickly" is tricky).
- __anon-2023__ 3y agoI agree with the email point. Who wants people to send them more emails?