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zmgsabsttoday at 9:18 AM1 replyview on HN

I’m working on a whitepaper on a layover.

> I know good sentences. I know the style of prose I like to read. I know how things can veer between florid and poetic and where the line is. I know how a sentence can be completely different if you read it as though it was spoken, instead of to yourself (some of mine are written to be read.)

Your perspective doesn’t really speak to me at all — because I’m writing as the way to explore and articulate ideas, while I’d get rid of the words as an unnecessary mess if I could. (And do when I can: diagrams, math, etc.)


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nottorptoday at 9:38 AM

The parent post wasn't talking about technical writing. There is reading and writing for fun, remember?

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