wedrifid comments on A Rationalist's Tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 15 September 2011 08:49:00AM *  10 points [-]

I too used to have a disorder that made me occasionally write nonsense. In my case it turned out to be fixable by reading a lot of LW, in particular Eliezer's and Yvain's posts, and then putting a lot of work into my own posts and comments to approach their level of clarity. It was hard at first, but after a while it became easier. Have you tried that?

Right now your writings look very stream-of-consciousness to me, like you don't even write drafts. Given all the criticism you get, this is kind of unacceptable. Many LWers write drafts and send them to each other for critique before posting stuff publicly. I often do that even for discussion posts.

Comment author: wedrifid 15 September 2011 09:01:34AM 2 points [-]

Right now your writings look very stream-of-consciousness to me, like you don't even write drafts. This is kind of unacceptable. Many LWers write drafts and send them to each other for critique before posting stuff publicly. I often do that even for discussion posts.

Errr... wait. We do that? Ooops. Sometimes I proof-read and sometimes I make edits to my comments as soon as I post them. Does that count?

Comment author: cousin_it 15 September 2011 09:12:37AM *  7 points [-]

Yeah, some of us do. Your posts are pretty good as they are, but hey, now you know a way to make them even better! I volunteer to read drafts anytime :-)