- Date added
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March 14, 2024, 4:52 a.m.
- Description
- I woke up this morning, sleep deprived after my cat woke me up repeatedly
last night and discovered I needed to write something about writing.
Perhaps it's because I'm reading "Bird by bird" again by Anne Lamott. So
here is another post about writing as a software engineer.
I love writing, I love the feel of knowing there's a seed of a story or an
idea inside. With some writing projects I know something is there worth
telling, but I don't always know enough about it yet to be sure. Sometimes
it requires upfront research and sometimes I think I know enough to start
writing and see the idea emerge as I type. The piece advances, in fits and
starts, as I go back and research gaps, and often discarding the whole
thing and rewriting it again... until it has formed itself into something
worth while. Then I send it to people for review and I get more ideas and
insights making the piece better again.
- Notes
and the previous post https://jack-vanlightly.com/blog/2022/1/25/write-for-others-but-mostly-for-yourself
