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The other day I was reading an essay from my good friend Logan Graves, when I chanced upon the following quote: “It does not matter if you are remembered. If humanity lives on, if humanity progresses, so do you; we are one. And when our children outgrow this small planet and colonize the stars, we may look upon them and smile.” I like this quote. It’s a style I affectionately refer to as “Agniv-core” in honor of Agniv Sarkar. If you know him, you know what I mean (and if you don’t, maybe you should!). It’s a bit silly, yes, but it’s also fun to read. Reading this passage, it occurred to me that I almost never do this, so I wanted to create a brief reflection on why this is, and how I write. In a sense, my writing is kind of bad. I make up words sometimes, I put commas in strange places, and I massively overuse the em-dash. When I read back my writing, I often find that certain sections feel awkward to read, or don’t get the point across as well as I had thought when writing them. But I

Writing How I Write (687 Words) How I Write The other day I was reading an essay from my good friend Logan Graves , when I chanced upon the following quote: “It does not matter if you are remembered. If humanity lives on, if humanity progresses, so do you; we are one. And when our children outgrow this small planet and colonize the stars, we may look upon them and smile.” I like this quote. It’s a style I affectionately refer to as “Agniv-core” in honor of Agniv Sarkar . If you know him, you know what I mean (and if you don’t, maybe you should!). It’s a bit silly, yes, but it’s also fun to rea

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