Friday, December 07, 2012

How to write a good book

These are the key points you need to keep in mind:

1. Appropriateness of words
2. Each sentence is tightly logically following from the previous set of sentences. (Make it increasingly harder for the reader to disagree with each successive statement )
3. Minimize context switch (only when the next sentence I need to write can’t be derived from previous one.)
4. Concreteness. Minimize ambiguity without losing reach/breadth of expression
5. Shorter without sacrificing lucidity
6. Novelty/ Originality. Each paragraph should have a clear original contribution.

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