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Venkatesh Rao
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Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 5 Feb 2018
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    What makes writing light without being shallow (ie not heavy/ponderous in the pursuit of depth)? 🤔 This is the note I generally try to hit (with about a 25% hit rate), but have no idea how I pull it off when I do

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      2. Anthony Di Franco‏ @dfko_0 5 Feb 2018
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        Raise good points at a good pace without belaboring any of them. Same for relationships among them and discussion thereof.

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      3. Christopher G‏ @galtenberg 5 Feb 2018
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        Agreed on pace, most of the time just skim the topic

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      1. Christopher G‏ @galtenberg 5 Feb 2018
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        conversational tone; treating reader as generally smart if not up-to-date on the particular topic; not speaking as if you have the truth but a perspective that you find interesting, saying why you find it so; being slightly inebriated or pretending your listener is

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      1. AJ‏ @cavepainting 5 Feb 2018
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        1. Write first draft with all the complexity and depth the topic demands. 2. Now try to summarize into one page and evolve a framework that can capture the essence. 3. Rewrite the entire thing with the framework at the center. Very few have the gift of starting at 2.

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      1. zem‏ @zem42 5 Feb 2018
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        terry pratchett is an excellent writer to study in this regard.

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      1. ChiefMinisteer33‏ @chiefminister33 5 Feb 2018
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        Is your hit rate linked to compatibility of your metaphors to those of the topic?

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      2. Pamela Joy to the World Hobart‏ @amelapay 5 Feb 2018
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        IMO has more to do with writing/audience fit than qualities of writing per se

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 5 Feb 2018
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        This is where I too am converging. Depth of shared ground makes writing light.

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      1. Tiago Forte‏ @fortelabs 5 Feb 2018
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        Being totally committed to your point, while totally unattached to how it gets made

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      1. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 5 Feb 2018
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        visa is working on his ebook Retweeted visa is working on his ebook

        I started keeping track of great Reddit posts that achieve this:https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/942125089654374401 …

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        I like the version of this that's cranked to 11. The one that goes "Aw hell no, what is this ignorance? You gonn' LEARN today from a professional, let me break out my handy-dandy teaching notes," with paragraphing, bullet points and bolded bits, with 3,000+ upvotes and 14 golds https://twitter.com/rachsyme/status/942097086367092741 …
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