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Personal Development EN · C1 Why C1? Abstract essay on writing uses extended analogies, subtle reasoning, and complex sentence structures. 10 min read

Good Writing

By Paul Graham ·paulgraham.com

Argues that the two senses of good writing—sounding good and having the right ideas—are intimately connected: trying to make sentences sound better forces you to fix the ideas underneath, because rewriting under aesthetic constraints shakes the bin of thoughts into a tighter, more truthful arrangement.

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