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  1. Selrisitai

    On Writing: You Don't Know What You Don't Know, and Once You Know, It's Too Late to Learn

    I. The Fundamental Misunderstanding I've had a significant evolution in my writing in the past few months, the kind of change that elevates you to an entirely new paradigm. I can never develop or write a story the same way again because I've eschewed too many of those old ideas (and, in a way...
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    Essays, Treatises, and Other Pretensions

    My thinking was to go beyond the sensational and into the literary. When you describe the "skimming off the top" sequence, you did so in narrative summary, and as you demonstrated, it worked well for not only conveying lots of information quickly, but for condensing time and even to add some...
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    Essays, Treatises, and Other Pretensions

    Something I often say is that it's a matter of who you know. Literally. Two-thousand five-hundred and ten people, or my daughter? Well, sorry, Norfolk Island, my daughter comes first. I have zero responsibility to anyone but her. With the trolley problem it's a bit easier. If I don't know any...
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    Essays, Treatises, and Other Pretensions

    The connection between exposition and action cannot be overstated. I was reading a piece I myself wrote and I happened to land on a technique a couple of times. Here it is. Context is important so I copied a little more than may seem necessary: A change of topic was the desperate but obvious...
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