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Examples of annoyingly complicated writing: p. 186 “The imperial fracas over cleopatra is adduced…the footnote to this sentence cruelly fingers the toothless old father.” It’s both too complicated and too vague. Say what you mean!

This book is incredibly helpful and things are brought up that I didn’t see in the text. I have to go back. An entire storyline. But sometimes I feel like he’s overly wordy. For example, page 168 “at the beginning of life, we view the generative act with amazed dread; at the end, we look back at it with fond longing.” Like just say sex! This book is so hard to read. Don’t also make your writing hard to read