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I recently noticed a trend to a few of my questions. I am attracted to writing in places with extreme brevity. This makes sense to me on a personal level. I've always been attracted to one-liners a...
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System
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2019-12-08T11:07:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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AGirlHasNoName
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2019-12-08T11:07:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
I recently noticed a trend to a few of my questions. I am attracted to writing in places with extreme brevity. This makes sense to me on a personal level. I've always been attracted to one-liners and short but powerful works. I like reading and writing works that deliver a lot of value quickly and I agonize over word choice to leverage meaning whenever possible. What I want to know is, are there any techniques, or strategies, to deliver more impact in short works? What I do right now is by feel. Then I often revise, revise, revise. I can often make twenty passes through a piece of work with the intention of distilling it. Making it shorter in breadth but still containing as much or more meaning. **Is there any formula, pattern, etc... that can help me in this process?**
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System
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2019-03-03T19:49:40Z (over 5 years ago)
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