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- From: troyer@mitre.org (Tom Royer)
- Subject: Re: Carefull, studied splatting
- Message-ID: <1992Oct9.131013.8857@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:10:13 GMT
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- In article <16140@mindlink.bc.ca> Alan_Barclay@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan
- Barclay) writes:
-
- > I must clarify that I am not advocating "agonizing over every word."
- Instead
- > I'm suggesting (backed by my own experience) that a writer can
- internalized
- > some rules for good writing and use those on the fly in order to create
- near
- > perfect prose. I don't suggest that it is possible to throw down final
- draft
- > without rewriting, only that it saves time to learn how to hit the mark
- more
- > often on the first try.
- >
-
- I agree. And that internalization comes from practice.
- Frequent "splatting" will eventually become internalized rules.
- The first drafts will become better.
-
- --
- Tom Royer
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