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“Eschew verbosity”

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Indeed.

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I remember you writing that one of the things that makes Oliver Mol’s Train Lord such a good book is how well he uses the word and.

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YES! I love what Olly does in that book and it was Train Lord that reminded me of how I used to write before I thought maybe my love of and was gauche and something I only had because of my lack of an extensive fancy education, turns out it's just something I like. And a pretty effective word. Thinking here of David and his YES.

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Every day I think of David and his Yes. It’s a guiding light in my life.

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Me too. It's a gamechanger.

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