I've anecdotally sensed a rising premium for people who can write well. Writing skills are very hard to teach. But maybe it's a side-effect of typical college grads reverting to the mean, i.e. writing quality rises in importance as the signal quality of a degree declines. https://t.co/2VEaIBnqJl
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Replying to @robert_mariani
It can be taught but there's no substitute for just tons of reading and writing. Knowing good writing is noncognitive. It's being able to see two equally grammatical sentences and knowing that one "feels" better than the other.
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Replying to @robert_mariani @hamandcheese
I think it depends on what axis you're trying to improve. You can teach people to write more grammatically, perhaps more clearly. Can you teach prose styling ability? I'm doubtful
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like "vary the length of your sentences" is just not enough
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yeah it seems to reduce to “just, like, perfectly model the mind of the reader, just like”
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Replying to @literalbanana @sonyasupposedly and
memo to self: have long conversation w
@sonyasupposedly f2f someday re writing, bc this is something that we both care a lot about and have lots of thoughts on but have somehow never discussed1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
some day, perhaps!
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