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On writing well
On writing well







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If you aren’t allowed to use “I", at least think “I" while you write, or write the first draft in the first person and then take the "I"s out.I urge people to write in the first person: to use "I" and “me" and “we" and “us." They put up a fight.To do this, you must relax, and have confidence.If it is interesting to note, make it interesting are we not all stupefied by what follows when someone says, "This will interest you"? If it should be pointed out, point it out. Try to avoid all words that end in “-ly”.Then they must look at what they have written and ask: have I said it? Is it clear to someone encountering the subject for the first time? Writers must therefore constantly ask: what am I trying to say? Surprisingly often they don’t know.Clear thinking becomes clear writing one can’t exist without the other.The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.Two things happened with the arrival of the word processor: good writers got better and bad writers got worse.









On writing well