Comedy Writing Secrets
by Mark Shatz, Mel Helitzer · first published 2016
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You're totally right that you have to know your audience and cater to it. Technical writing still requires it. What changed my perspective though is the book "Comedy Writing Secrets". It's a very different topic, but the general aspects of writing fun an engaging texts translate quite well. One example I've seen it done brilliantly is the re-frame docs https://day8.github.io/re-frame/re-frame/…
on “To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates with strong writing skills” ↗"Comedy Writing Secrets" is a classic book and highly recommended! https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51721
on “Ask HN: What is the effective way to develop the sense of humour?” ↗