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Millennial_Falcon ago

Rule 3: You need to logically connect all this somehow, ideally with a concise summary at the top. Otherwise, it comes off as one of our resident troll's patented "baffle with bullshit" posts. Right @Vindicator?

letsdothis1 ago

it comes off as one of our resident troll's patented "baffle with bullshit" posts.

I thought the post was extremely logical.

Marina Abramovic - check, podesta email - check, names mentioned in email are associated with an industry that we know to be corrupt - check

Care to explain further or give an example?

Millennial_Falcon ago

It is you who needs to explain further.

letsdothis1 ago

I'll try - in another post.

Vindicator ago

letsdothis1, your persistance is commendable. Here's what helps me: ask yourself "What is my premise?" See if you can formulate the sum total of the whole post as a single sentence that you are trying to prove or disprove. Then, stick that right at the front -- and line up the rest of the info nuggets you've got to support that premise. Protip: This is the very last thing you do. Often, there's no way to articulate this when you first start writing the thread. You just have a bunch of juicy stuff and a hunch. But making the effort to distill all that material into a premise that can be proven or disproven is a great service to us all and really helps focus everyone's research efforts.

Don't give up. I really think you are onto something.

letsdothis1 ago

Thanks very much for the input vindicator. Sometimes I'm trying to do too much at once. I'll work on summaries in other posts.

Vindicator ago

Capturing your angle in a "premise" or "hypothesis" is not easy, but it is a great discipline and I have found it makes me a better writer and thinker. Also, it generates much more animated discussion, as people have a clear target to aim at, pro or con. ;-)

letsdothis1 ago

Btw vindicator, I've been meaning to ask you what kind of writing do you do? You mentioned something about academia, so I presume it's non-fiction? What's your field?

Vindicator ago

I started out as a newspaper reporter but couldn't take the bullshit. I then did freelance business writing and editing for ten years or so, including some ghostwriting, until I quit to write a novel. The manuscript won a regional writing competition award and was going strong, but I got in a really bad car accident and ended up with neck injuries and migraines that forced me to stop writing for years. Still recovering from that. I've never done academic writing -- for me, it's all about the story. I do have one nonfiction book that has been translated into multiple languages, but it's more how-to than academic. Has a lot of footnotes and support material, though. :-)

letsdothis1 ago

I get it. I have to do that for academic papers - seems I've got to do it here too :-)