CronoDAS comments on Who are some of the best writers in history? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 10 August 2013 12:50:41PM 3 points [-]

Shakespeare usually ends up on lists of "best writers ever", but the style is so different from contemporary fiction that I don't know if reading Shakespeare would be at all useful for absorbing writing skills.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 10 August 2013 02:42:58PM 3 points [-]

It's worth pointing out that Shakespeare wrote for a medium that doesn't really exist any more in quite the same sense. He is still worth investigating. His work hasn't endured for centuries without reason.