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Dec. 3, 2025

Dec. 3, 2025

“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists:

Once, when I used a subject’s name four times in the span of two sentences, McPhee wrote, “Listen to the character’s name thudding like horseshoes. Vary it. Use pronouns here and there.”

Writing is not just about grammar, it’s also about sound.


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