I have had the privilege, over more than a year, of mentoring or teaching a young Black writer. His latest philosophical piece, The Way of Completeness, jumped to the top of the Top of the Pops on Pi (Philosophical Investigations) before the sun rose this morning. We have worked on three popular articles, too, which have had more than 5 000 views so far. OBSERVATION: He seemed surprised that the editors' interventions had been so light this time. There is a huge amount to learn -- about superfluous words, bridging paragraphs, introductory sentences, direct speech, formatting, illustrations, and so on. This time, he had all that right. This one started out as an intuitive piece, so we needed to identify the big idea -- the unifying idea -- then it all came together.
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