The speaker admired the author's writing style, noting it was clear, concise, and persuasive, aligning with the communication goals of the speaker's company. The speaker mentioned seeing a video of the author writing every sentence at least a dozen times, which emphasized the dedication to craft.
And I think it was about five, maybe seven years ago, I actually saw a video of him writing. There was a particular YC startup and their whole shtick was, what if you could see other people writing? T...
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The speaker admired the author's writing style, noting it was clear, concise, and persuasive, aligning with the communication goals of the speaker's company. The speaker mentioned seeing a video of the author writing every sentence at least a dozen times, which emphasized the dedication to craft.
And I think it was about five, maybe seven years ago, I actually saw a video of him writing. There was a particular YC startup and their whole shtick was, what if you could see other people writing? This was before Google Docs. And it was eye-opening. He wrote every single sentence at least a dozen times. Some he wrote two or three dozen times. And as a designer, as a craftsperson, that really spoke to me.
Now, fortunately, he's codified all of his rules in a very short essay that he published way back in 2005. If folks are interested to check that out, it is called Writing, Briefly. Writing Briefly.