Several Short Sentences About Writing | Brain Pickings
Good advice that applies not just to the humanities, but coders/techs as well.
“You can say smart, interesting, complicated things using short sentences. How long is a good idea?”
“Know what each sentence says,
What it doesn’t say,
And what it implies.
Of these, the hardest is knowing what each sentence actually says.”
“What you don’t know about writing is also a form of knowledge, though much harder to grasp.
Try to discern the shape of what you don’t know and why you don’t know it,
Whenever you get a glimpse of your ignorance.
Don’t fear it or be embarrassed by it.
Acknowledge it.
What you don’t know and why you don’t know it are information too.”
