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I read the book last week - thank you for writing it! I really hope you reconsider your stance on the conversational tone, which made reading the book difficul
by agwa 11y ago
I read the book last week - thank you for writing it!
I really hope you reconsider your stance on the conversational tone, which made reading the book difficult at times. Being informal or conversational is not bad per se, but it leads to verbosity that obscures the content. Cutting out some of the current verbosity would make the book a lot clearer and easier to digest, and I think you can do this without sacrificing the friendliness and approachability of the book.
- eropple 11y ago> Cutting out some of the current verbosity would make the book a lot clearer and easier to digest For you. I find good rhetorical writing easier to read and more likely to stick.
- billpollock 11y agoIn my experience, both styles can be remarkably clear and both can be impossibly obtuse.
- steveklabnik 11y agoYou're welcome. And understood, though as my siblings here mention, not everyone feels that way. I've heard a lot of things similar to what you're saying, but I've also heard a lot of "Thank you for not writing minimalist, dry prose."