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pikrzyszto on Oct 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: So you want to write a technical book

Do you happen to know where does the "So you want to" prefix originates from?

so_throwaway on Oct 28, 2021 | [–]

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

This is a poem by Charles Bukowski, I don't know if it's the original use: https://poets.org/poem/so-you-want-be-writer

d13 on Oct 28, 2021 | [–]

Yes, the Byrds, 1967: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Rock_%27...

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