“Don’t repeat yourself.”

Metadata

• Author: Michael Dean
• Full Title: “Don’t repeat yourself.”
• Category: #articles
• Summary: “Don’t repeat yourself.”

We live in an era of minimal, efficient, and robotic prose.

But repetition done well brings an intangible magic to your writing.

18 types of repetition in Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut you can try out:

• URL: https://twitter.com/MichaelDean_0/status/1672245176901980160

Highlights

• 1. DOUBLE-STAMP (Epizeuxis) Put two identical words next to each other for emphasis. (View Highlight)
• 2. NEAR-STAMP (Diacope) Repeat words and syllables, but with other words in between them. (View Highlight)
• 3. FRONT-STAMP (Anaphora) Repeat the beginning of a phrase. (View Highlight)
• 4. BACK-STAMP (Epistrophe) Repeat the end of a phrase. (View Highlight)