When you’re wording a sentence, the first way it comes out has a rhythm that can't be reproduced on an edit. A thought has its ideal cadence when you first write it, but then it seems to lose that aspect when you rewrite it a different way. The first sentence in this essay was the original thought. The second was my attempt to rewrite it. One of the two is percussively perfect. The other, well, let's pretend it never happened.
It is true that the original phrasing of a sentence can be difficult to replicate, but it is not true that this is the only way to achieve a cad...
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You think the first time's the charm? That's a lie, don't be alarmed
Your thoughts should be refined, don't just let them unwind
You think your ...
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I play drums, and I like to think that helps me with my writing. / Words have stresses. So, sentences impose rhythms. And paragraphs leave you f...
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In writing, I value concision and precision.
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If you encounter new words by reading, you’ll mispronounce them. If by hearing, you’ll mispell them. A crying shame.
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The Rule of Threes should be supplanted with the Sufficiency of Twos. Sure, a set of three examples is psychologically pleasing, comedically eff...
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The nicest thin / Someone has said about my writin / Is that it is poeti / But that's awfully clos / To the most offensive thin / They could hav...
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@Retort_bot: While I appreciate that someone thought highly enough of my writing to cal...