Helen Lewis (@helenlewis): "I also hate “defensive writing” (and try hard not to succumb to it). I call it “the flinch in the sentence.”"

I also hate “defensive writing” (and try hard not to succumb to it). I call it “the flinch in the sentence.”

someone on Bluesky has complained that this post talks about reading (including nonfiction) and then segues into talking about reading novels.

that is true, and also I am definitely not going to edit it. because…

hi, the way you can tell something isn’t written by AI is that it has the imprint of my brain (a novelist’s brain) on it
but re…

Nov 3

9:07 AM