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In the Field Guide, we talk about them as ghosts of unrealized futures — shadows of possibility that haunt the edges of what is.
As a form, recipes already involve a somewhat more explicit knowledge structure than you’d find in ordinary prose.
Andy Matuschak • How to Write Good Prompts
this description feels so crisp and everything within the parentheses makes the whole thing shine.
Practical things you can do to make your text clearer.
Open two copies of the same document and put them side-by-side. Edit in one, while referring to the other.
Rewrite your first draft using this rule: no significant words from the first draft are allowed in the second draft.
If your sentence has more than two commas in it, it’s probably too long.
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Open two copies of the same document and put them side-by-side. Edit in one, while referring to the other.
Rewrite your first draft using this rule: no significant words from the first draft are allowed in the second draft.
If your sentence has more than two commas in it, it’s probably too long.
I... See more
gilest.org: Clarity hacks
Never send a letter or a memo on the day you write it. Read it aloud the next morning — and then edit it.