To Become a Good Writer

Be bad at many other things first

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The better I got at the viola, the worse I realized I was, says comedian John Oliver to Stephen Colbert in this interview. I know the feeling, brother. If life is a case study in ironies, then it is no surprise that comics are a well rich in pithy wisdom.

Acquiring knowledge is like blowing into a balloon. The more air you put in the inside…