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It's not just you. I've read this person's stuff before. Every sentence comes off as if they are presenting the results of a major epiphany. You can write thin
by neuralkoi 10mo ago
It's not just you. I've read this person's stuff before. Every sentence comes off as if they are presenting the results of a major epiphany.
You can write things which sound pretty. It's the equivalent of wordy sugar. It's much harder to to write things you've learned from life experience or thought deeply about.
Subject your beliefs to the Socratic method. If they've survived your own criticism to the fullest extent and can be validated by your own lived experience, then maybe they've got an inkling of truth and they're worth writing about.
- ghostie_plz 10mo agoI agree with the general sentiment of your comment, but not this: > then maybe they've got an inkling of truth and they're worth writing about. Ideas don't have to be infallible to be worth writing about. It's a slippery slope to not writing at all.
- tessierashpool9 10mo ago"inkling of truth" != "infallible" #strawmanning
- velcrovan 10mo agoRobin Sloan has called this “ventilated prose”, a phrase I love. (I seem to recall “aerated prose” having also been deployed) See, e.g., the end of https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/platform-reality/ https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/platform-reality/
- JKCalhoun 10mo agoRarified prose…