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Writ­ing (com­mu­ni­ca­tion method)

TagLast edit: May 31, 2021, 8:30 AM by Jsevillamol

About the art and science of using writing to think and communicate.

Including posts on: the history of writing, how to write better, comparing and recommending writing tools, and more.

External Links:

Nonfiction Writing Advice by Scott Alexander

Related Pages: Communication Cultures, Philosophy of Language, Inferential Distance

How To Write Quickly While Main­tain­ing Epistemic Rigor

johnswentworthAug 28, 2021, 5:52 PM
457 points
38 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

How to Write Like Kaj Sotala

Matt GoldenbergJan 7, 2021, 7:33 PM
79 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Epistemic Legibility

ElizabethFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 PM
309 points
30 comments20 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Writ­ing to think

Adam ZernerNov 17, 2020, 7:54 AM
69 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

Edit­ing Ad­vice for LessWrong Users

JustisMillsApr 11, 2022, 4:32 PM
233 points
14 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Writ­ing On The Pareto Frontier

johnswentworthSep 17, 2021, 12:05 AM
76 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Con­trar­ian Writ­ing Advice

lsusrMar 7, 2021, 12:23 AM
54 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ab­stracts should be ei­ther Ac­tu­ally Short™, or bro­ken into paragraphs

RaemonMar 24, 2023, 12:51 AM
93 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good classes (or just ar­ti­cles) on blog writ­ing?

Brendan LongApr 19, 2021, 1:10 AM
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Dan Luu on “You can only com­mu­ni­cate one top pri­or­ity”

RaemonMar 18, 2023, 6:55 PM
148 points
18 comments3 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

Why write more: im­prove your epistemics, self-care, & 28 other reasons

KatWoodsDec 17, 2022, 7:25 PM
24 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Don’t feed the void. She is fat enough!

Johannes C. MayerDec 29, 2022, 2:18 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to Write Science Fic­tion and Fan­tasy—A Short Summary

JsevillamolMay 29, 2021, 11:47 AM
26 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on writing

RPJan 10, 2023, 4:01 AM
35 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Ty­pol­ogy of blog posts that don’t always add any­thing clear and insightful

KatjaGraceJul 13, 2021, 1:40 AM
50 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ob­ser­va­tions about writ­ing and com­ment­ing on the internet

dynomightFeb 15, 2022, 12:02 AM
94 points
10 comments11 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

Why the Best Writ­ers En­dure Isolation

Declan MolonyJul 16, 2024, 5:58 AM
49 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Writ­ing chil­dren’s pic­ture books

jessicataJun 25, 2019, 9:43 PM
125 points
22 comments5 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Origi­nal Seeing

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2007, 4:38 AM
181 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Dun­can Sa­bien On Writing

lynettebyeApr 7, 2022, 4:09 PM
36 points
3 comments16 min readLW link

Write Sur­pris­ingly About Reality

lsusrOct 16, 2021, 7:30 AM
40 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Sim­ple but im­por­tant ideas

John_MaxwellMar 21, 2012, 6:59 AM
27 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Start with a Title

lsusrOct 30, 2021, 8:59 AM
14 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Tell the Truth

lsusrOct 30, 2021, 10:27 AM
62 points
40 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Sub­stack Ho?

ZviNov 6, 2021, 4:50 PM
27 points
17 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Write a Thou­sand Roads to Rome

ScrewtapeFeb 8, 2018, 6:09 PM
115 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Quan­tum Explanations

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 9, 2008, 8:15 AM
96 points
61 comments6 min readLW link

Blog Respectably

lsusrDec 17, 2021, 1:23 AM
14 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Busi­ness Writ­ing Ex­am­ple #1

lsusrDec 20, 2021, 5:02 AM
65 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Busi­ness Writ­ing Ex­am­ple #2

lsusrDec 20, 2021, 5:06 AM
55 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Ran­dom facts can come back to bite you

tailcalledDec 22, 2021, 5:33 PM
69 points
7 comments2 min readLW link1 review

How webs of mean­ing grow and change

HazardAug 14, 2020, 1:58 PM
14 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Per­sonal blog­ging as self-im­posed oppression

xarknJan 15, 2022, 2:51 PM
37 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Why Have Sen­tence Lengths De­creased?

Arjun PanicksseryApr 3, 2025, 5:50 PM
192 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Iter­at­ing fast: voice dic­ta­tion as a form of babble

Gytis DaujotasJan 25, 2022, 12:21 AM
22 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Twit­ter thread on postrationalists

Eli TyreFeb 17, 2022, 9:02 AM
143 points
32 comments5 min readLW link

Learn­ing By Writing

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 22, 2022, 3:50 PM
150 points
25 comments10 min readLW link3 reviews
(www.cold-takes.com)

Treat Ex­am­ples as World-Building

adamShimiMar 10, 2022, 3:09 PM
19 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Word Spaghetti

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 23, 2024, 5:39 AM
18 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Con­trol the Den­sity of Novelty in Your Writing

En KepeigApr 6, 2022, 9:33 PM
6 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

A method of writ­ing con­tent eas­ily with lit­tle anxiety

jessicataApr 8, 2022, 10:11 PM
64 points
19 comments3 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Writ­ing Style and the Typ­i­cal Mind Fallacy

lukeprogJul 14, 2013, 4:47 AM
42 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

In praise of con­tribut­ing ex­am­ples, analo­gies and lingo

Adam ZernerJul 13, 2020, 6:43 AM
37 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Write posts busi­ness-like, not story-like

ShmiMay 5, 2022, 8:13 PM
39 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Here’s a List of Some of My Ideas for Blog Posts

lsusrMay 26, 2022, 5:35 AM
48 points
7 comments30 min readLW link

[Question] Should you write un­der a blog or your own name?

Dalton MaberyJul 6, 2022, 3:26 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The ideas you’re not ready to post

JulianMorrisonApr 19, 2009, 9:23 PM
29 points
264 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: Amus­ing Our­selves to Death

L Rudolf LAug 20, 2022, 9:13 PM
44 points
7 comments16 min readLW link1 review
(www.strataoftheworld.com)

Short story spec­u­lat­ing on pos­si­ble ram­ifi­ca­tions of AI on the art world

YitzSep 1, 2022, 9:15 PM
30 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(archiveofourown.org)

What top­ics would you like to see more of on LessWrong?

EmileDec 13, 2010, 4:20 PM
38 points
138 comments1 min readLW link

Learn to write well BEFORE you have some­thing worth saying

eukaryoteDec 29, 2024, 11:42 PM
67 points
18 comments3 min readLW link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Only say ‘ra­tio­nal’ when you can’t elimi­nate the word

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 31, 2012, 6:56 AM
100 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

A blog post is a very long and com­plex search query to find fas­ci­nat­ing peo­ple and make them route in­ter­est­ing stuff to your inbox

Henrik KarlssonOct 5, 2022, 7:07 PM
89 points
12 comments11 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Refine: what helped me write more?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielOct 25, 2022, 2:44 PM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The In­san­ity De­tec­tor and Writing

Johannes C. MayerMar 7, 2025, 11:19 AM
20 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The many types of blog posts

Adam ZernerNov 26, 2022, 3:57 AM
10 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Look­ing Back on Posts From 2022

ZviDec 26, 2022, 1:20 PM
50 points
8 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why and how to write things on the Internet

benkuhnDec 29, 2022, 10:40 PM
20 points
2 comments15 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Ex­cerpts from “A Reader’s Man­i­festo”

Arjun PanicksserySep 6, 2024, 10:37 PM
72 points
1 comment13 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

The Best Lay Ar­gu­ment is not a Sim­ple English Yud Essay

J BostockSep 10, 2024, 5:34 PM
252 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

On Sud­denly Not Be­ing Able to Work

Jacob FalkovichAug 25, 2020, 10:14 PM
35 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Exquisite Or­a­cle: A Dadaist-In­spired Liter­ary Game for Many Friends (or 1 AI)

YitzJan 26, 2023, 6:26 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Say­ing things be­cause they sound good

Adam ZernerJan 31, 2023, 12:17 AM
23 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Pop­u­lariz­ing vibes vs. models

DirectedEvolutionJul 12, 2023, 5:44 AM
19 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Write It Like A Poem

Strange7Feb 16, 2011, 3:11 PM
18 points
40 comments3 min readLW link

Write

alkjashJan 29, 2018, 2:11 AM
43 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

“Pub­lish or Per­ish” (a quick note on why you should try to make your work leg­ible to ex­ist­ing aca­demic com­mu­ni­ties)

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Mar 18, 2023, 7:01 PM
112 points
49 comments1 min readLW link1 review

At­tend­ing LessOnline

jefftkApr 2, 2025, 11:10 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Haters Gonna Hate Fallacy

Kaj_SotalaSep 22, 2020, 12:20 PM
47 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

My check­list for pub­lish­ing a blog post

Steven ByrnesAug 15, 2023, 3:04 PM
84 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Poetic Meth­ods I: Meter as Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Protocol

adamShimiFeb 1, 2025, 6:22 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(formethods.substack.com)

Policy for LLM Writ­ing on LessWrong

jimrandomhMar 24, 2025, 9:41 PM
318 points
59 comments2 min readLW link

Sub­scripts for Probabilities

niplavApr 13, 2023, 6:32 PM
67 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Some rea­sons why I fre­quently pre­fer com­mu­ni­cat­ing via text

Adam ZernerSep 18, 2023, 9:50 PM
51 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

RA Bounty: Look­ing for feed­back on screen­play about AI Risk

WriterOct 26, 2023, 1:23 PM
32 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should LW sug­gest stan­dard metaprompts?

DagonAug 21, 2024, 4:41 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Rhetoric for the Good

lukeprogOct 26, 2011, 6:52 PM
85 points
292 comments4 min readLW link

How to Get Ra­tion­al­ist Feedback

Nicholas / Heather KrossOct 5, 2023, 2:03 AM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Hedge drift and ad­vanced motte-and-bailey

Stefan_SchubertMay 1, 2016, 2:45 PM
54 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your fa­vorite note­tak­ing sys­tem?

ElizabethSep 30, 2019, 6:18 AM
32 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Five examples

Adam ZernerFeb 14, 2021, 2:47 AM
42 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Writ­ing That Pro­vokes Comments

RaemonOct 4, 2017, 2:48 AM
95 points
39 comments4 min readLW link

Open loops in fiction

Kaj_SotalaMar 14, 2021, 8:50 AM
70 points
13 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Writ­ing Down Conversations

RaemonDec 28, 2017, 10:08 PM
53 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

You Can Now Embed Flash­card Quizzes in Your LessWrong posts!

spencergApr 19, 2021, 1:44 PM
58 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

When writ­ing trig­gers mem­ory reconsolidation

Adam ZernerJul 25, 2021, 10:10 PM
34 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Au­tore­gres­sive Propaganda

lsusrAug 22, 2021, 2:18 AM
25 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Three Prin­ci­ples to Writ­ing Origi­nal Nonfiction

lsusrSep 6, 2021, 8:08 PM
32 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

De­bug­ging Writer’s Block

mattoOct 9, 2021, 7:04 PM
10 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Book Anal­y­sis: New Thrawn Trilogy

ozymandiasOct 14, 2021, 5:49 PM
64 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Seek­ing In­put to AI Safety Book for non-tech­ni­cal audience

Darren McKeeAug 10, 2023, 5:58 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Good­bye, Shog­goth: The Stage, its An­i­ma­tron­ics, & the Pup­peteer – a New Metaphor

RogerDearnaleyJan 9, 2024, 8:42 PM
47 points
8 comments36 min readLW link

Mo­ti­vat­ing Align­ment of LLM-Pow­ered Agents: Easy for AGI, Hard for ASI?

RogerDearnaleyJan 11, 2024, 12:56 PM
35 points
4 comments39 min readLW link

If try­ing to com­mu­ni­cate about AI risks, make it vivid

MNoetelMay 27, 2024, 1:00 AM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Quick Ad­vice on Writ­ing Essays

Niko_McCartyMay 28, 2024, 3:02 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.nikomccarty.com)

[Question] How to write bet­ter?

TeaTieAndHatJan 29, 2024, 5:02 PM
8 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Prac­tic­ing my Hand­writ­ing in 1439

Maxwell TabarrokFeb 3, 2024, 1:21 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.maximum-progress.com)

Read­ing writ­ing ad­vice doesn’t make writ­ing easier

Henry SleightFeb 7, 2024, 7:14 PM
17 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

More Hyphenation

Arjun PanicksseryFeb 7, 2024, 7:43 PM
88 points
19 comments1 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

The Best Es­say (Paul Gra­ham)

Chris_LeongMar 11, 2024, 7:25 PM
25 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(paulgraham.com)

How I de­signed my own writ­ing sys­tem, VJScript

vkethanaMay 29, 2024, 11:18 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.vkethana.com)

I hate TL;DR

MarkusRamikinSep 20, 2011, 9:23 AM
33 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

AIS ter­minol­ogy pro­posal: stan­dard­ize terms for prob­a­bil­ity ranges

eggsyntaxAug 30, 2024, 3:43 PM
30 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Pri­vacy and writing

Neil Apr 6, 2024, 8:20 AM
20 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

“Why I Write” by Ge­orge Or­well (1946)

Arjun PanicksseryApr 25, 2024, 4:02 PM
58 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(www.orwellfoundation.com)

Emer­gent Author­ship: Creativity à la Communing

gswonkSep 14, 2024, 7:02 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

In Text

Valerii KremnevJul 25, 2024, 6:22 PM
−3 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

When to join a re­spectabil­ity cascade

B JacobsSep 24, 2024, 7:54 AM
10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Con­ven­tional foot­notes con­sid­ered harmful

dkl9Oct 1, 2024, 2:54 PM
25 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

[Question] when will LLMs be­come hu­man-level blog­gers?

nostalgebraistMar 9, 2025, 9:10 PM
122 points
34 comments6 min readLW link

Will LLMs sup­plant the field of cre­ative writ­ing?

Declan MolonyJan 28, 2025, 6:42 AM
4 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Get­tier cases, Rigid Des­ig­na­tors, and Refer­en­tial Opacity

AntigoneJan 28, 2025, 6:46 PM
1 point
0 comments21 min readLW link

Can some­one, any­one, make su­per­in­tel­li­gence a more con­crete con­cept?

Ori NagelJan 30, 2025, 11:25 PM
3 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Can some­one, any­one, make su­per­in­tel­li­gence a more con­crete con­cept?

Ori NagelFeb 4, 2025, 2:18 AM
2 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[SEE NEW EDITS] No, *You* Need to Write Clearer

Nicholas / Heather KrossApr 29, 2023, 5:04 AM
262 points
65 comments5 min readLW link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

The Monthly Newslet­ter as Think­ing Tool

moridinamaelFeb 2, 2018, 4:42 PM
39 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Short­form Beta Launch

RaemonJul 27, 2019, 8:09 PM
67 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Mazes Se­quence Roundup: Fi­nal Thoughts and Paths Forward

ZviFeb 6, 2020, 4:10 PM
88 points
28 comments14 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pa­ter­nal Formats

abramdemskiJun 9, 2019, 1:26 AM
51 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

Do you like bul­let points?

RaemonMar 26, 2019, 4:30 AM
52 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity and the English Language

Eliezer YudkowskySep 12, 2007, 10:55 PM
143 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

Blog Post Day (Unoffi­cial)

Daniel KokotajloFeb 18, 2020, 7:05 PM
49 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How to Write Deep Characters

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 16, 2013, 2:10 AM
69 points
67 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What are the re­quire­ments for be­ing “citable?”

RaemonNov 28, 2019, 9:24 PM
42 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Blog Post Day II

Daniel KokotajloMar 21, 2020, 4:39 PM
37 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why Don’t Creators Switch to their Own Plat­forms?

Jacob FalkovichDec 23, 2018, 4:46 AM
42 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Please give your links speak­ing names!

rmoehnJul 11, 2019, 7:47 AM
44 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Effort

RaemonNov 29, 2016, 4:08 PM
72 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

Sub­script­ing Ty­po­graphic Con­ven­tion For Ci­ta­tions/​Dates/​Sources/​Ev­i­den­tials: A Proposal

gwernJan 8, 2020, 10:20 PM
59 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Is com­mu­nity-col­lab­o­ra­tive ar­ti­cle pro­duc­tion pos­si­ble?

lukeprogMar 21, 2012, 8:10 PM
57 points
46 comments3 min readLW link

More write­ups!

jefftkFeb 7, 2020, 3:10 AM
40 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Helping the kids post

jefftkApr 17, 2020, 9:40 PM
87 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Med­i­ta­tions on the Medium

lifelonglearnerApr 29, 2018, 2:21 AM
14 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Sto­ry­books: A Challenge

MBlumeMar 18, 2009, 2:25 AM
39 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

How to write an aca­demic pa­per, ac­cord­ing to me

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 15, 2014, 12:29 PM
45 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

The Virtue of Num­ber­ing ALL your Equations

Linda LinseforsSep 28, 2017, 6:41 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Me­dia bias

PhilGoetzJul 5, 2009, 4:54 PM
39 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

PSA: Please list your refer­ences, don’t just link them

BenyaJan 4, 2013, 1:57 AM
36 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

A more effec­tive Ele­va­tor Pitch for AI risk

IknownothingJun 15, 2023, 12:39 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rewrit­ing the se­quences?

Student_UKJun 13, 2011, 2:14 PM
22 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Iter­a­tive Ar­gu­ments: Alter­na­tive to Ad­ver­sar­ial Collaboration

matsnSep 12, 2018, 3:56 PM
27 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Dom­i­nant As­surance Con­tract Ex­per­i­ment #2: Berkeley House Dinners

Arjun PanicksseryJul 5, 2023, 12:13 AM
51 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Dense Math Notation

JK_RavenclawApr 1, 2011, 3:37 AM
33 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is some un­nec­es­sar­ily ob­scure jar­gon that peo­ple here tend to use?

jchanJul 12, 2023, 1:52 PM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

My case for start­ing blogging

Neel NandaOct 22, 2020, 5:43 PM
36 points
2 comments16 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Blog Post Day II Retrospective

Daniel KokotajloMar 31, 2020, 3:03 PM
16 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

DIY De­liber­ate Practice

lynettebyeAug 21, 2023, 12:22 PM
63 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(lynettebye.com)

Moved from Moloch’s Toolbox: Dis­cus­sion re style of lat­est Eliezer sequence

habrykaNov 5, 2017, 2:22 AM
7 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Why I’m Writ­ing A Book

Samo BurjaNov 10, 2020, 4:50 PM
33 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(medium.com)

SubOnlyStackFans

Jacob FalkovichNov 3, 2020, 2:33 AM
18 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Poll: Any in­ter­est in an edit­ing buddy sys­tem?

dynomightDec 2, 2020, 2:18 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

How I Write

Jacob FalkovichDec 2, 2020, 11:17 PM
68 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Writ­ing tools for taboo­ing?

abramdemskiDec 13, 2020, 7:50 PM
15 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Avoid Con­tentious Terms

jefftkFeb 24, 2021, 3:10 AM
59 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Notes on effec­tive-al­tru­ism-re­lated re­search, writ­ing, test­ing fit, learn­ing, and the EA Forum

MichaelAMar 28, 2021, 11:43 PM
14 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Redis­cov­ery, the Mind’s Curare

Erich_GrunewaldApr 10, 2021, 7:42 AM
3 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Voic­ing Voice

WillaJun 28, 2021, 4:29 AM
6 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Pre­fer the Bri­tish Style of Quo­ta­tion Mark Punc­tu­a­tion over the American

Erich_GrunewaldSep 11, 2021, 1:37 PM
46 points
15 comments2 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Rul­ing Out Every­thing Else

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Oct 27, 2021, 9:50 PM
193 points
51 comments21 min readLW link2 reviews

LessWrong is pro­vid­ing feed­back and proofread­ing on drafts as a service

RubySep 7, 2021, 1:33 AM
294 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How do you write origi­nal ra­tio­nal­ist es­says?

lumenwritesDec 1, 2021, 8:08 AM
24 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Reader-gen­er­ated Essays

Henrik KarlssonJan 3, 2022, 8:56 AM
25 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Too right to write

Solenoid_EntityJan 20, 2022, 1:21 PM
28 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

How to Make Your Ar­ti­cle Change Peo­ple’s Minds or Ac­tions? (Spoiler: Do User Test­ing Like a Startup Would)

Yonatan CaleMar 30, 2022, 5:39 PM
59 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Sum­mary: “How to Write Quickly...” by John Wentworth

Pablo RepettoApr 11, 2022, 11:26 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

An­nounc­ing the Distil­la­tion for Align­ment Practicum (DAP)

Jonas Hallgren and CallumMcDougall
Aug 18, 2022, 7:50 PM
23 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Beta Read­ers are Great

HoldenKarnofskySep 5, 2022, 7:10 PM
28 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

90% of any­thing should be bad (& the pre­ci­sion-re­call trade­off)

cartografieSep 8, 2022, 1:20 AM
33 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

Against “Clas­sic Style”

Cleo NardoNov 23, 2022, 10:10 PM
67 points
30 comments4 min readLW link

Write to Think

Michael SamoilovJan 12, 2023, 12:33 AM
10 points
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Con­sider pay­ing for liter­a­ture or book re­views us­ing boun­ties and dom­i­nant as­surance contracts

Arjun PanicksseryJan 15, 2023, 3:56 AM
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Preface

iy3dJan 20, 2023, 12:38 PM
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Bioin­for­mat­ics 101

iy3dJan 22, 2023, 2:36 AM
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Have an idea? Come to Oxford to dis­cuss and write (20 – 24 March)

RP, Flourish Journal and Jemima
Feb 5, 2023, 3:05 PM
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Bite Sized Tasks

Johannes C. MayerMar 4, 2023, 3:31 AM
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Writ­ing this post as ra­tio­nal­ity case study

Ben AmitayJul 8, 2023, 12:24 PM
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