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"Timing A Tricky Triplet"
          
          From flint, then flower, to fitting
          Hurrying however is hairsplitting
          Right when my resolve is remitting
          For a clock that calls for committing

Consider the wonders that a text paraphraser can do:
          
          I say, "Creativity is the author of a beautiful mystery."
          
          But TinyWow says, in a secretive voice, "Creativity is a captivating enigma, shrouded in intrigue and allure."
          
          Which would you choose?
          
          Try now: https://tinywow.com/write/content-improver

Whoever likes to sharpen their linguistic senses might like to play Shiritori. The rules are simple: one player starts with a word, and then the next player chooses a word that starts with the last letter of the first player's word. Repeat until you have enough points or a player gives in. For extra fun, add a theme to get creative with the words you can choose.
          
          Play the online version here: https://shiritorigame.com/

Look, I know it's long past, but I might as well say it — simply Happy New Year. Here's some food for thought:
          "Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler."
          - Einstein, quite simply

There's a saying that goes around — "it's better to be interested than interesting."

What's writing got to do with writing wrongs?

What is a bundle of paper that you use to calculate your monthly energy bill?

Is one pebble the same as the bed of rocks it comes from?
          
          Well, AI researcher and rationalist Eliezer Yudkowsky answers this analogy with a practical approach to poetic precision:
          
          "It is the way of the curious to lift up one pebble from among a million pebbles on the shore, and see something new about it, something interesting, something different. You call these pebbles “diamonds,” and ask what might be special about them—what inner qualities they might have in common, beyond the glitter you first noticed. And then someone else comes along and says: “Why not call this pebble a diamond too? And this one, and this one?” They are enthusiastic, and they mean well. For it seems undemocratic and exclusionary and elitist and unholistic to call some pebbles “diamonds,” and others not. It seems . . . narrow-minded . . . if you’ll pardon the phrase. Hardly open, hardly embracing, hardly communal...
          
          "... It is a necessary part of the rationalist’s art—or even the poet’s art!—to focus narrowly on unusual pebbles which possess some special quality. And look at the details which those pebbles—and those pebbles alone!—share among each other."
          
          I'm guilty of generalizing, but thought I'd share it.
          
          Read more of "The Virtue of Narrowness": https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yDfxTj9TKYsYiWH5o/the-virtue-of-narrowness

Tired of sifting for what book to read next? Interested in how far AI is coming along?
          
          Well, I've got good news — you can use Readow's AI search engine to find your next selection. Just enter in a book you like, and the engine will do its magic!
          
          Browse for free: https://readow.ai/
          
          Also, don't get lost in the slush pile on International Literacy Day! "Celebrate International Literacy Day by reading a book, donating to literacy programs, or teaching someone in need - make a difference today!"
          
          Literally more: https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/international-literacy-day

Some say that a writing is thinking, and if you're writing a short story, you're packing a thousand words into a single thought. Well, American writer, critic, and essayist Lorrie Moore says that every short story needs a point.
          
          "The short story needs to get to the point or the question of the point or the question of its several points and then flip things upside down. It makes skepticism into an art form. It has a deeper but narrower mission than longer narratives, one that requires drilling down rather than lighting out. Like poetry, it takes care with every line. Like a play, it moves in a deliberate fashion, scene by scene. Although a story may want to be pungent and real and sizzling, still there should be as little fat as possible. In its abilities to stretch, move through time, present unexpected twists and shapes, the short story is as limber as Lycra but equally unforgiving."
          
          It might be helpful, in the context of character development and worldbuilding, to capture the essence of the story's message in a piecemeal project.
          
          More on "Why We Read and Write Short Stories": https://lithub.com/why-we-read-and-write-short-stories/