I adore reading long narrative magazine pieces (when they're good, not self-indulgently long) but I'm terrible at that kind of writing. Should I try to learn it, or should I stick with my strengths and stay focused on ideas and analysis?
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Replying to @sonyaellenmann
do you mean the style of like, feature stories in the atlantic/new yorker/etc that always start with something like
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Replying to @alicemazzy @sonyaellenmann
a description of scenery/landscape or a person in a specific place as a means of immediately establishing a setting?
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like these things right?pic.twitter.com/zmCupdlzPo
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Replying to @alicemazzy
exactly although the scene-setting lede is not a necessary ingredient IMO, just a frequent default
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Replying to @sonyaellenmann
yea it's more that it's become a trope that signals "this is the big smart heartfelt one this month, strap in for it"
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in the same way the up-top lede doesn't just communicate the information in the sentence itself, but signals the length and style of the whole article
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