Strange7 comments on Write It Like A Poem - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Strange7 16 February 2011 03:11PM

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Comment author: luminosity 17 February 2011 09:15:23PM 5 points [-]

I don't want to be excessively rude, but I can't think of a delicate way to say this. For a piece extolling the virtues of poetic prose, this is poorly written. Your metaphors feel out of place, and forced. The breaks in spacing throughout the piece don't seem to serve to emphasise anything important, and are distracting.

Comment author: Strange7 18 February 2011 06:03:10AM 0 points [-]

You're completely right.

I know it's possible for me to write well, based on various past examples, I just haven't figured out how to do so reliably.