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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Nov 2015

    If you want to learn how to write well, read Wodehouse.

    5:52 PM - 18 Nov 2015
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      1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Nov 2015

        @ckhonson Start with the Jeeves novels. Then the Blandings Castle ones.

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      2. Jason Zweig‏Verified account @jasonzweigwsj 18 Nov 2015
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        .@paulg And then read Chesterton.

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      3. Dan Smithey‏ @dan_smithey 18 Nov 2015
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        @jasonzweigwsj @paulg But start with E.B. White

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      4. Kyle Moore, CFP®‏ @KyleSMoore 19 Nov 2015
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        @dan_smithey @jasonzweigwsj @paulg then top it all off with some E.L. James ;)

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      1. Tamal White‏ @tamalw 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg “She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say ‘when.‘“

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      1. Thomas bart‏ @_thomasbart 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg if you want to learn to write ... Just write. It will be crap. But start again ... One day you will be better ...

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      1. 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝙲𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚏o𝚛𝚍‏ @wiscoDude 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg I'm lucky to have a father who read Wodehouse as a kid. I <3 them all.

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      1. Satyen V Kothari‏ @saty_77 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg A part of the growing up tradition in India. Unfo not known at all in the US. Love him and his control over the language. LOL stuff.

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      1. Harry DeMott‏ @hdemott3 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg awesome advice. Wodehouse on Golf is a masterpiece. The writing is spectacular.

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      1. Nathan Uno‏ @natouno 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Wodehouse's process, as described by Douglas Adams in "Salmon of Doubt", is worth considering as well. http://www.discerningaction.com/adaptive-toolkit/adaptive-iteration/the-writing-process-of-p-g-wodehouse/ …

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      1. Sunil Rao‏ @oarsun 22 Nov 2015
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        @paulg couldn't agree more, the adventures of psmith are my fav

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      1. BeveledEdge‏ @BeveledEdgeCo 19 Nov 2015
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        @paulg I found Baltasar Gracian made me a much better writer.

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      1. Varun Arora‏ @2pointsomeone 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Oh the PGs...

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      1. Matthew Hennessey‏ @onlyonematt 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg coming from you, that must be a pretty damn good recommendation. Thanks!

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      1. Jason S.C. Fung‏ @JasonSCFung 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg HT to #hitchens?

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      1. Vasu‏ @vasusrini 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg Yes!!!. Pigs have wings.

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      1. Tarique Sha‏ @kissingsky 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg "My motto is 'Love and let Love' with the one stipulation that ppl who love in glass-houses should breath on the windows". Wodehouse

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      1. Tom Stern‏ @BullStern 18 Nov 2015
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        @paulg I prefer to read Altman.

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