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I don’t think the purpose of most writing is convincing people you’re a great writer.


Me either. It’s to convince you’re a great intellect. That or to record a historical archive.


People write for many different reasons. Sometimes it is because they believe in an idea (political, ethical, philosophical, religious, etc), and their main objective is to convince others to believe in that idea too-what you may come to think of their abilities as an author is rather besides their point.




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