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Writing for Beginners
- mjhoy 13y agoThis was a nice read, thanks. I always find it useful to remember this when sitting down to write: the word "essay" comes from the French, meaning "to attempt." Montaigne used it to mean, he was making an attempt to put his thoughts into words. In some sense, it is like saying you write as a beginner: you start with only your thoughts -- no idea of the outcome -- and go from there.