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Re:Writing Is Hard by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday June 16, 2022 @07:00AM (#31764599)
That's pretty much what I do[0]. I really don't give a damn, whether or not anyone reads what I write, but, if someone is planning to attack me, it might not be a bad idea to read my prose, because I'll likely reference it, when responding.

I enjoy writing, but, like everything I do, I don't do "half measures." It's an "all-in" thing. I haven't written anything in a while, because I have been working on a fairly intense coding project for the last year or two.

My first draft is usually pretty good, but I always have typos. I'l generally police my writing several times, correcting typos, first, then missing words (I forget "the," or "a," or "an," all the time, and often miss the omission, even after rereading. Our brain inserts the conjunctive), then, repeats and inappropriate words. Finally, I often see that I can add to what I initially wrote. I do that on HN posts, all the time.

I also tend to write a lot. To paraphrase Emperor Joseph, "Too many words." (i.e. "prolix").

People don't like reading more than about five paragraphs, these days.

[0] https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/

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