Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.
Paul Graham • How to Write Usefully
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Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.
When you try to develop style, you end up being artificial, and the artifice is obvious to anyone who reads the results. The purpose of writing is not to impress, but to be useful. Useful writing gets its subject or story across without drawing undue attention to itself. Style is not content but form, not what’s in the channel but the channel
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The people you can say heretical things to without getting jumped on are also the most interesting to know.