In Hemingway's case [1] "writing" is equivalent to "coding"/"building", when in your case "writing" is more like "sketching out thoughts and ideas" with pen and

In Hemingway's case [1] "writing" is equivalent to "coding"/"building", when in your case "writing" is more like "sketching out thoughts and ideas" with pen and paper. -- [1] “My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing.” -- Hemingway