alt Hacker NewsWhat I've always interpreted this advice as as is to read out loud what I write and then eliminate the parts that sound weird or like a robot.
Source: Writing for more than half my life and HN has liked some of my articles in the past
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philipov • today at 1:45 AM
I always understood it as advice for school children who don't know how to express themselves in writing and end up with a blank page. You are encouraged to imagine you're talking to someone to overcome the hurdle of translating thoughts into words.
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AndrewKemendo • today at 1:54 AM
This is how I write
I literally use my iphone voice to text to transcribe, then go back and edit.
It’s surprising that more people aren’t doing it
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My current best way to write is to just write everything that amuses me, then go back and edit out the tangents, and then usually reverse the order of the paragraphs.