On the internet, multiple draft formats require multiple rereading, editing, and locamotions which are contrary to the stream of consciousness, vivacity, and verisimilitude of blogging. Double goes for comment writing.

“Criticism is in fact the greatest of man’s achievements in the entire history of the written language.”
Amen to that!

Criticism is in fact the greatest of man’s achievements in the entire history of the written language.

I wouldn’t presume that what you think of as 9 dollar words is the same thing I would consider as words in ten or greater denominations. Individuality still counts for something, as you well know.

I wonder if you noticed that I had changed my writing style between the previous comments I used to write and the comments I wrote here. It’s a catch 22. I can take 5 sentences to express 2 ideas or I can take 2 sentences to express 5 ideas. It’s a little experiment I used to do.

It’s not so much the length of the writing, it’s the density. I find Neo generally very easy to read, and even though she is able to use everyday language to express her opinions, she demonstrates her capability to handle nine-dollar words deftly and accurately when needed. Layering verbosity upon verbosity isn’t refined or intelligent, it’s laziness (and selfishness) from the educated. Editing is like taking showers, it’s not so much for yourself as it is to spare others the stink…

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“Since Pericles may be a bit much and since I don’t envy his early death, I would settle for Pierre Bezuhov in Leo Tolstoy’s ”War and Peace.” Absent-minded but inquisitive, Bezuhov suffered imprisonment, deprivation, a bad marriage and loneliness. He explored serious ideas in his search for the meaning of life. Despite an unassuming appearance and a fondness for good food and comforts, he, unlike his fellow characters, made it to the very end. He married Natasha and found faith along with domestic bliss. He avoided becoming a bore. One would like to be as intelligent, resilient, observant and ultimately fortunate. Alice Adams Author”

A close enough approximation for my choice of nom de blog. My actual name is David Warner, which not being famous I imagine signifies little without even managing sound and fury.

Because Neo uses the multiple or discontinuous draft technique, she is able to space her thoughts to the time format of the written post. Since I reduce my writing to fit my time, I trade consistency for impact and verisimilitude.

I can read 50% of Neo’s writings, while skipping the other half, and still understand the points as she had written.

In fact, I do that on certain posts to save time.

Some people need to read it 200% over, to get even close to a similar level of reading comprehension.

Knowing the vocabulary does help but all new ideas require time to digest regardless of individuality.

There are different levels, from which different results occur.

For example, for someone that uses anti-warrior in his writings a lot, it creates a sense of practiced ease, in the reading, the writing, and the formation of arguments.

Because I dislike repeating one idea many times over, I prefer new and experimental ideas, forms, and constructions. If I only used one form and one idea, then experience would lead to the conclusion that I will eventually make it easier to understand as well as easier to use.

This is always the trade off between new ideas and old ideas. You trade security for freshness and a different pov.

Not only do I personally dislike being agreed with, I don’t even like it when I agree with myself. Therefore unlike other people, I never tend to stick to one form of expression, and hence people will always find reading what I write, disorientating. It is in fact, one of intentional conduct.

As with the Iraq War, all techniques, styles, and actions have good and bad consequences, remarked and distillated into separate tradeoffs and gains.

The way I look at it, some people are conservatives and say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

Me?

I say, “if it ain’t broke, try and break it”.