ModusPonies comments on How To Construct a Political Ideology - Less Wrong

-2 Post author: CarlJ 21 July 2013 03:00PM

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Comment author: peter_hurford 22 July 2013 01:38:11PM 2 points [-]

Thus the rule of thumb: never post a series until you've finished writing it.

Comment author: ModusPonies 23 July 2013 07:09:46PM 2 points [-]

I would suggest a different rule of thumb, which I will call the Yvain Method: never post a series. Instead, write one post that stands on its own. Look at the responses. Use them to learn about the subject and other people's reactions to it. Only then should you think about writing post N+1.

Comment author: peter_hurford 23 July 2013 08:31:30PM 3 points [-]

Yvain has overtly written a series, though.

Comment author: ModusPonies 23 July 2013 08:52:07PM 1 point [-]

Huh. My to-read list keeps getting longer and longer.

Comment author: Viliam 31 January 2016 10:42:31AM 0 points [-]

Or the Eliezer method, which is: post a standalone first chapter; then post a second chapter (which may include references to the first chapter), and so on; optionally post a table of contents afterwards.