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>tfw write like a victorian author (not a good one) with every sentence having multiple clauses either bracketed or otherwise allocated by a semicolon (or even the much maligned em dash), each into its own textual compartment making the overall sentence abstruse and annoying to parse
>as already evidenced, use pretentious words and obscure language to convey my ideas
>I don't want to be a writer
>I am a game designer and my poor technical writing constantly filters people

How do I stop this? This is literally just how I write and I hate it.
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try writing more like jack Kerouac and the beat writers, just let it flow out of you like jazz
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>>25585121
ONE: Write using bullet points, or ennumerated lists.
TWO: Identify the primary contradiction.
THREE: Gather your bosses into a singular room.
THREE BEE: Choose your weapon.
FOUR: Obviously it is a triple dose of barbiturates (habituated,) car-exhaust, and slitting their wrists.
FIVE: Make them live forever as check out workers.
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>>25585121
Just be glad you have a style. Most people write like NPC's and that's why they are so butthurt about robots sounding like them.
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>>25585156
> THREE: Gather your bosses into a singular room.
Make sure your MC has a three-piece suit, pince-nez and immaculate moustache.
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>>25585121
Write with a pen and paper.
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>>25585697
What is that supposed to accomplish?
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>>25586302
It is less accommodating of sentence restructuring as you go, something most people who write like you fall into. It will promote fluid sentence structure with time, or backfire and make you very efficient at bad writing.
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>>25585121
>technical writing
this is the easiest type of writing there is
just accurately document whatever
use clear sentences avoid fancy structure
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>>25588226
you've clearly never written rules or procedures. We went years trying to avoid circular definitions before somebody, I think it was Luis Bolanos Mures, introduced the practice of having a definition of terms section before the rules would be documented. Its a lot harder than it looks to define things both efficiently and without ambiguity.
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>>25585121
There's a built-in prophylactic advantage to this species of writing: no one will assume it's AI. Perhaps you're too self-conscious; 'think too much'
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>>25585121
just pretend everything is greentext you idiot



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