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Chris Fox's avatar

"It’s been said a thousand times before; the secret to good writing is ruthless editing."

Jack Kerouac would have disagreed with you ... he believed with absolute conviction that a writer betrays himself when he alters what he wrote originally.

I am obsessed with precision in communication, no surprise that I do more technical writing than any other nominal software developer you will ever meet. Little things like using the same Big Word twice in one sentence drive me nuts.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"Jack Kerouac would have disagreed with you ... he believed with absolute conviction that a writer betrays himself when he alters what he wrote originally."

Hmm, interesting! So he didn't advocate editing at all? I can barely imagine how a piece of writing couldn't be improved with a second pass. But maybe that's just a stylistic thing. Frankly, I'd love it if I could be completely satisfied first time😅

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