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Rationaltail's avatar

Hey, I’ve been following for a while. I think I probably started following this stack because of some affiliation with ACX. Some of the posts have features that I don’t understand. These unusual repetitive elements are an example. I assume it’s some sort of artistic license. Might you explain why you added these features? I understand that it might totally ruin it, like explaining why a joke is funny. But I’d be interested to hear something about your decision making process when writing 🙂

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Roger’s Bacon's avatar

I don't think you are wrong that I sometimes employ repetitive elements for artistic license, but off the top of my head I can't think of any essays in which I've done this - what examples are you thinking of?

I won't explain the joke, but maybe I can help you see my line of thinking with some questions...What is this "story" about? How is it structured?

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Rationaltail's avatar

Oh! Thanks for responding. I didn’t mean to say that you often use repetition. It’s just that the repetitions in this post confused me in the same way as some of your other posts confused me. Another example is Hatching The Cosmic Egg. Maybe I just don’t understand poetry. Anyway, thanks for not spoiling the joke! I might read this one and a couple of others more carefully because I think they might be worth a little more consideration. I appreciate the hint 🤔

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alistair's avatar

I must hold the borders or what will become of ME ME ME?

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Roger’s Bacon's avatar

Yea something like that lol

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S. MacPavel's avatar

We mustn't make the perfect the enemy of the beautiful, mind.

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David Zeller's avatar

All the affairs of the King’s domain are safe and sound.

All the affairs of the Master are safe and sound.

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Psyche New Roman's avatar

I congratulate you, Sam, on finding an alter ego that writes like you but on meth. But you are already writing like you’re on meth. Could it be?

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