Advocate, educator, and authorial stance

When I'm writing, or mentoring others in writing, about a particular technique I prefer to take the role of an educator rather than that of an advocate. When doing that, I see two main stances an author can take. One is to focus on the trade-offs between this technique and its alternatives, the other is to focus on the merits of the particular technique and not discuss the alternatives.

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