How to re-edit a ribbonfarm style essay for normies 1. Get rid of 80% of concepts that only do 20% of work 2. Unwind the 4 intertwined subplots and eliminate 3 3. Triple the number of examples 4. Invent a conclusion 5. Prune bunnytrails that don’t merge back into conclusion
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I’m not sure I have one. I have a strong, almost moral, belief that responsibility for failures to communicate rest with the speaker. I only take that belief ha-ha-only-seriously as a push to clarify my own thoughts.
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Failure to communicate is a feature not a bug
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