http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/01/myth-number-one/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Tue, 12 May 2026 06:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/01/myth-number-one/#comment-122 Thu, 03 Oct 2002 05:38:17 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/01/myth-number-one/#comment-122 Maybe it's a product of my background (too many hours spent reading, too many years spent studying literature), but I definitely notice improvements in writing style, structure, pace and so on in other people's work. Sometimes the difference is dramatic - usually when the writer has realised that betas are a very good thing. Sometimes it's just that the writer has developed a better "ear", or a little confidence. But I generally notice. It gets irritating, though, when the Inner Critic keeps pointing out the flaws. Maybe it’s a product of my background (too many hours spent reading, too many years spent studying literature), but I definitely notice improvements in writing style, structure, pace and so on in other people’s work. Sometimes the difference is dramatic - usually when the writer has realised that betas are a very good thing. Sometimes it’s just that the writer has developed a better “ear”, or a little confidence. But I generally notice. It gets irritating, though, when the Inner Critic keeps pointing out the flaws.

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