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My Writing Process

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Re: My Writing Process

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Out of interest, do you have a circle of people who give you feedback and vice versa? Like a writing group? I'd be interested in something like this, as I really want to improve my written skills.

I have an IRC channel that I invite my Patreon supporters to and I like to post the drafts there, as well as to private social circles. If you'd like some feedback on your articles feel free to send me drafts, email's in my profile.

Very generous, thank you. I might just take you up on that offer.

Re: My Writing Process

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Are rewrites supposed to destroy the soul of the original idea? That's what mine do. Do you have any tips for that? Edit: Why's poignant guide to ruby would be hard to rewrite imho, I'm guessing it would be hard for him to rewrite too.

> Are rewrites supposed to destroy the soul of the original idea? No. They are supposed to distill, crystallize, and intensify it. > That's what mine do. Do you have any tips for that? You may be editing by imagining a hostile reader. That tends to force you to be defensive, remove things that are potentially disagreeable, add lots of hedges, etc. All of that waters it down. Some amount of that can be important — acc…

Wow, I never thought about how I was imagining my reader while editing - I should keep this in mind while editing papers for submission.
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