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  1. …in reply to @dannybirchall
    @dannybirchall but isn't that exactly what the naturalisation of the letter form does? taking the characteristic quirks of the form and smoothing them out for the sake of a comprehensible narrative?
    1. …in reply to @v21
      @dannybirchall tho I guess epistolary novels are usually less *about* the form of the letter than the Extremely Online are about the way that Online has shaped language and communication. but early novels were often epistolary - & then, obviously, letters were old and familiar & novels... novel