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Michael Dean

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Michael Dean, an architect-turned-writer, was recently awarded an O’Shaughnessy Fellowship Grant to develop Essay Architecture. He’s developing a pattern language and scoring classic essays to help shape an AI-powered editor.

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Essay Architecture

Essay Architecture

By Michael Dean

Mapping the secret architecture of great essays.

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