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LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively
Larry McEnerney of the University of Chicago Writing Program gives a graduate-student session on writing effectively. His core idea is that readers care about value to them, not the writer's thinking process.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN users repeatedly say it changed how they think about writing, calling it a masterclass useful far beyond academia.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- UChicago Social Sciences
- Topic
- effective writing
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 15
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
This is something I'm just starting to understand after being an idealist/perfectionist for most of my life. YAGNI seemed like a shortsighted dogma. My colleague's design decisions looked like ugly hacks. I preferred something to be well-done than to be useful. According to my MBTI …
miguelrochefort on Hacker News · 2020-03
In Not delivering end-user valueThe resource that has spurred me into thinking differently about effective writing was shared on HN, from UChicago Social Sciences' Leadership Lab - The Craft of Writing Effectively. [VIDEO]
will_pseudonym on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Writing wellGreat video that will definitely help you rethink your approach [VIDEO] It challenges the bad advice you've received up to now
verdverm on Hacker News · 2022-04
In Ask HN: Advice on Writing Papers
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.