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A korrentour reading

Writing one sentence per line, for your own eyes, improves prose more than any other habit.

Drawn from what Derek Sivers said

What is a korrent?

A korrent — “current”, with a K — is our reading of what someone said: one sentence, drawn from their own words below. People put the same thought in different words; a korrent tries to name the thought they share, so that what several people mean can be set side by side, and followed as it changes.

It is an approximation, and it is ours. The quotes are theirs, word for word, and where the two differ, the quote is the fact. Read more →

What Derek Sivers actually said

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  1. DS

    Derek Sivers 20 Jun 2022

    I've been doing it for twenty years, and it improved my writing more than anything else.

    Writing one sentence per linesive.rs

First recorded here 20 Jun 2022 · How quotes work

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