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Reminds me of the time when I wandered over to some subreddit about writing and saw a post about someone worrying about their word count - which was bad enough, but even worse was the fact that none of the replies pointed out the fact that word count does not matter; its not quantity, it's quality that matters.
In fact, I'd say that less is more, if one can relay the same idea in a more concise manner. But hey, we live in the fiat age, where apparently it is about quantity over quality.
There was a time when my sentences became so emaciated in their pursuit of concision that they were ugly, bony things and indistinguishable - as if a famine had been upon my mind. Not good.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kontext 4h
I see. Well, you can definitely overdo it. Especially if/when the mental landscape is barren and you're trying to write something for the sake of getting it done or meeting a deadline or whatever. Like all of life, writing is a balancing act ☯️
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