Ep. 1: The Lie About “Simple Writing”

Writing was never meant to be simple, because humans were never meant to be simple. In this debut session, Misty Hamilton Smith dismantles the lie that human prose should be scannable orinvisible. From the candlelit rhythm of Herman Melville to the wild, untamedliteracy of Emily Brontë, we prove that the complexity of a human sentence is arevolutionary act. The machines were trained on our ancestors; it is time westop apologizing for writing with the density and weight that only a livingheart can provide.

Read the full text at: https://inkrootandmoonlight.substack.com/p/the-lie-about-simple-writing

Narrated by Julie using the words of Misty Hamilton Smith.