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Consider it from an engineering perspective: Problem: I write some code, but it doesn't work very well. Solution: Write a lot of code every day for a few year
by gervase 8y ago
Consider it from an engineering perspective:
Problem: I write some code, but it doesn't work very well.
Solution: Write a lot of code every day for a few years.
The implication is that you learn what kinds of things are good and bad through practical experience, rather than simply re-writing the same implementation/prose every day.
- bmer 8y agoBut in the case of the commenter I was responding to, they had already gathered a lot of experience through work. This isn't a matter of learning (as they "know" what they have to do), but apparently the solution simply requires such expenditure of time, even for someone who is a professional writer.
- CPLX 8y agoSort of. I have done a lot of nonfiction writing and reporting, including stuff for newspapers and magazines and so on. So I know the general ability to write at a reasonably high level is there. So I know a book is "in me" in a general sense. But to write a book would still require a lot of practice and trial and error and a serious committment. Which is likely where many others trip up as well.