Fascinatingly disgusting: Tim Urban rewrites the first two paragraphs of "Write Simply" (http://paulgraham.com/simply.html ).https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/1370188105010020354 …
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I wonder if some people would prefer the fancy version, perhaps because it somehow engages more of their senses at a deeper level, even if the message is the same.
For sure. A lot of people would like it just because it seems grander. Look how popular McMansions are.
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Actually I’m also wondering if the message could somehow affect them at a deeper level, e.g. be more memorable, just because of the fancier words invoking different parts of their brain.
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How is this a good analogy? At least one has more house with which to do something. Overly verbose writing just wastes your time and dilutes the point.
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A good example (and in no way a McMansion) is Ginger Man by JP Donleavy. I believe stark simple writing was in style at the time so he went in the opposite direction and created an absolute masterpiece
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It's making the points faster and in a more concise way so you can see the impact quicker without having to correlate information across multiple paragraphs. You also have to assume that if the paragraphs seem simple, people might start skimming, and thus not read all of it.
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I wouldn‘t say it‘s just because it seems grander. A part of expanding prose is it allows you to play with rhythm, and that can make a text more pleasant to read.
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