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#+title: Write paragraphs like music
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#+date: "2021-05-07 09:00:43 +08:00"
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#+date_modified: "2021-05-07 10:49:18 +08:00"
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#+language: en
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Reading consecutive sentences with similar lengths can have an impression of being monotonous.
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Writing as if it's music keeps the interest of the inner narrator as if they subsconciously demand variety in their reading.
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To make musical-like quality of writing, the following guidelines can make things easier.
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- Vary the sentence length per paragraph.
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- Instill a gram of personal expression.
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- Create a playful persona.
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While musical-like writing invoke a sense of creativity and playfulness, it doesn't have to be this way.
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You can occasionally apply it on certain situations where it can make interesting reading.
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Examples include writing in a playful persona when writing explanations and introductions, instilling personality only with short phrases, or creating a short narrative inside of the writing while interleaving technical information.
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For technical documentations, I think it could be applied.
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But not forgetting that you're writing for the user who expects an accurate writing with a factual tone.
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Several style guides such as from [[https://styleguide.mailchimp.com/][Mailchimp]] has casualness and informality.
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Overall, it is going to be a task of balance.
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It is especially interesting for personal note-taking.
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The place where the personal needs are first before a hypothetical reader can make notes of various writing styles with various completeness.
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But you shouldn't forget that you're writing for yourself, not the audience.
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