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		sealeck on June 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to level up your technical writing? - read your writing aloud (it _really_ helps to improve it) when you review it - just write and then edit - better to have written something (even if it's not great) and then make it better. Especially in writing perfect can be the enemy of good. - step away - sometimes it helps to review your writing after maybe 1 hour or a day or a few days - READ MORE - reading well written stuff really helps

CharlesW on June 25, 2022 [–]

> just write and then edit - better to have written something (even if it's not great) and then make it better.

Related: Do not be precious about what you've written as you rewrite. "Kill your darlings", as the saying goes.

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-ki...

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