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Julia Evans' writing advice: write for one person

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The author discusses the writing philosophy of Julia Evans, who advocates for writing for a specific, imagined individual, often a past version of oneself or a close friend. This approach aims to make content more focused and relatable. The article also briefly mentions recent pieces on publishing WASM wheels to PyPI and initial impressions of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. AI

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Julia Evans' writing advice: write for one person

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 (TL) ·

    Quoting Julia Evans

    <blockquote cite="https://wizardzines.com/comics/write-for-one-person/"><p>[...] Instead, I picture a specific person and I just write for them. Often this person is "me, but 3 years ago" or a good friend.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://wizardzines.com/…

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