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Apr 17, 2022 | » | The Writing Process
2 min; updated Feb 12, 2023
Planning: Deciding What and How to Write If you can’t envision the audience, think, “If someone had needed to give you this info 6 months ago, how should they have done it?” Each section (and sub-section, recursively) should have its purpose. How is the purpose defined? Maybe each question should be an answer to an implicit question. If stuck on ordering, first write down ideas in random order, and then sort them.... |
Apr 17, 2022 | » | Writing Meta
1 min; updated Sep 18, 2022
The Importance of Clear Writing In science, tech, or management, you influence people by writing things for them to read. An essay helps you figure something out. Think of it as an idea graph - at each node, pick the most interesting related idea. Expressing your ideas also helps you form them. Writing them down forces you to think well. I’ve noticed this when composing a post to ask why my code is not working.... |