On: The Erosion of Deep Literacy

[MisterBastahrd]

I like to read books. I do not like to read long-form articles.

Why?

Because the vast majority of long-form articles are written by people who are lacking a quality editor. They are virtually always a superfluous, stream-of-consciousness verbal vomit that beats the reader over the head with information that is tangentially related to the purpose of the article, and they are usually 4-5x as long as they really need to be to get their point across.

This article is no exception.

[bobcostas55 → MisterBastahrd]

As the saying goes, "Most books should be blog posts, most blog posts should be tweets, and most tweets should be deleted."

[hue3 → MisterBastahrd]

I noticed writers trying to come off as highly educated and pompous often write sentences that are too long, with too many adverbs and adjectives. Not to mention excessive use of passive voice and useless phrasal verbs. This is precisely the type of writing that needs an editor.

[JoeAltmaier → MisterBastahrd]

Yes! My wife is an Editor. Once office publishing became a thing, folks forgot they needed and Editor. Downhill ever since, at least on that front.