Benefit #1: See the flaws in your own thinking and start to see the nuance (or lack thereof) in other’s point of views

It’s one thing to espouse a belief in a discussion with friends over a beer and another thing entirely to try to turn that into a coherent essay. As I started writing, I started to see how I was able to develop much better ideas thr... See more

The way to get novelty is to write about topics you've thought about a lot. Then you can use yourself as a proxy for the reader in this department too. Anything you notice that surprises you, who've thought about the topic a lot, will probably also surprise a significant number of readers. And here, as with correctness and importance, you can use t... See more

That kind of writing is easier to read, and the easier something is to read, the more deeply readers will engage with it. The less energy they expend on your prose, the more they'll have left for your ideas.