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  "description": "I came across a blog post by Herbert Lui titled Respond, Don't Create, and thought I would respond. For people looking to publish more often, he recommends reading interesting articles from around the web, thinking about them, and then crafting a response from your own perspective. While the article focuses in part on social media, the idea also applies to more substantive writing. I have written many articles prompted by things I read from around the web. However, not all of those articles […]",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T22:27:15.000Z",
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  "textContent": "I came across a blog post by Herbert Lui titled Respond, Don’t Create, and thought I would respond. For people looking to publish more often, he recommends reading interesting articles from around the web, thinking about them, and then crafting a response from your own perspective. While the article focuses in part on social media, the idea also applies to more substantive writing. I have written many articles prompted by things I read from around the web. However, not all of those articles are responses  _per se_. Meaningfully engaging with something as a reader or viewer can inspire a novel article beyond a “letter to the editor”-style response.\n\nYou can reply to this article from your own site by sending a Webmention.",
  "title": "Re; Respond, Don’t Create"
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