2026·10·21
Rereading a book years later
Advice on returning to a book years later: write down what you remember first, read against old margins, and write about what the second reading changed.
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Essay writing
2026·10·21
From a drawer of notes to a finished essay
How to turn a heavy drawer of notes into an essay: start from a question, lay the cards out, find the spine, write the bridges, then draft quickly.
2026·10·21
Revising a draft in three passes
Revise from large to small: let the draft cool, check structure with a reverse outline, then fix paragraphs, then read sentences aloud and stop on time.
2026·10·21
Writing essays in a second language
Advice for essayists writing in a learned language: value plainness, think in one language and draft in the other, keep a phrase bank, check collocations.
