"Take out all the boring bits" -> this has the highest product for (good writing advice) * (how reluctant I am to follow)
I can intellectually know a paragraph is boring. But, damnit, it took hours to write. It feels like it _should_ be interesting
(Worse with entire chapters.)
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Move to a side note (especially in electronic media with popup notes a-la / wiki / ) -- preserve feeling of saving information and spare readers from boring parts.
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I use sidenotes for the same reason, but I fear it's too often (for me!) an excuse for hazy material I should just bring myself to delete. Or, better, to understand much more sharply so that the details become "worthy" of the main text…