People have no idea how much of good writing is simply cutting.
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What did you cut from this tweet?
1. That between cutting the words you don't need and fixing those that remain, you can get something that seems smart by an almost mechanical process. 2. That this is more meaningful than the empty advice about how to be a good sculptor, because you can see what to cut.
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Are footnotes cuts you can't quite part with completely?
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Many of them, though some do start as footnotes.
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"because you can see what to cut" reminded me of this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1IfE4t5AuA …
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