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by sans_souse·1y ago·view on hn ↗
> It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didn’t seem my life until I started

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What a terrible article. Honestly - I'm glad I won't be able to read another

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Yeah, the first sentence could have been shorted to just "All my life I wanted to write." The editor should have pruned this. The virality and popularity of this article goes to show how all those writing guides about being concise or clear are overrated. The marketplace evidently rewards verbosity.