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Not every piece of writing is an instruction manual.
by schiffern 14y ago
Not every piece of writing is an instruction manual.
- Tichy 14y agoOn HN it tends to be, though. I think it is kind of implied by "news" which are things one didn't know before reading about them.
- firefoxman1 14y agoDon't watch the "news" on TV then. It's the same stuff your grandparents watched when they were young.
- Tichy 14y agoI don't
- njharman 14y agoNo, but the best are (even/esp fiction). Retelling a tired, old, heard a million times plot requires superlative writing or at least something knew to be entertaining. (or I guess bad memory on reader's part).