mcc on Nostr: Science fiction authors, if there are any science fiction authors reading this*, I am ...
Science fiction authors, if there are any science fiction authors reading this*, I am begging you: after you write the first paragraph of your story, go back and *remove every word of jargon*. I am begging you. At least just try it and see if it improves things. You can snow me all you want with cybernetic microsensors and piezoelectric nerve proxies in the second paragraph. But set the goddamn scene before I have to Parse
* Greg Egan don't read this post, you clearly know what you're doing
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