<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Reusable writing must satisfy a severe governing... > Reusable writing must satisfy a severe governing standard because the reader deserves severity from the writer. The article must work as an article. The paragraph must work as an argument in miniature. The quotation must work as a durable intellectual object. The system must preserve the path among them without multiplying contradictory copies. {{Writing becomes reusable only after it becomes complete, and completeness is the courtesy from which every later form of distribution earns its legitimacy.}} **Source:** [[projects/The Argument in Miniature - How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose|The Argument in Miniature: How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Reusable writing must satisfy a severe governing standard because the reader deserves severity from the writer. The article must work as an article. The paragraph must work as an argument in miniature. The quotation must work as a durable intellectual object. The system must preserve the path among them without multiplying contradictory copies. Writing becomes reusable only after it becomes complete, and completeness is the courtesy from which every later form of distribution earns its legitimacy.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-reusable-writing-must-distribution-earns-legitimacy ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->