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I've started writing fiction (again for the first time in many years) as a side project cos I had an idea which I think is kind of cool. Reading this has filled

I've started writing fiction (again for the first time in many years) as a side project cos I had an idea which I think is kind of cool. Reading this has filled me with joy and I will absolutely be using all of the techniques here, especially the big "SHITE" in red pen. ETA: the funny thing is I'm a software engineer by trade, have been for 18 years, and I gotta say, there is nothing more satisfying than deleting code. Give me a PR filled with seas of red. I love it. Makes a tonne of sense writing would be the same.

Mawr 3y ago
Writing is very similar to programming indeed: "There is however a way to cheat our way into getting it right the first time: instead of designing a (piece of) program once, we can design it two or three times over, compare, and keep the best approach. Nobody has to know about our embarrassing failures. This takes time and effort, but I believe all significant projects deserve it. That said, I understand why in practice most of the code I see is just a rushed first draft: stopping as soon as it “works” is just too damn tempting." [1] [1]: https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/source-of-readability https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/source-of-readability