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I've been writing publicly for a few years and my experience maps pretty closely to this. Being able to coherently express yourself is a critical skill. You ca
by ramijames 3y ago
I've been writing publicly for a few years and my experience maps pretty closely to this.
Being able to coherently express yourself is a critical skill. You can not write if you have not thought something through.
- brightball 3y agoMost of the stuff on my blog is just about topics where I need to write it out for my own sake. I enjoy writing on it's own and always have. Luckily some of it has gotten traction in here, but aside from that I don't really actively publish anything.
- ramijames 3y agoI find it very therapeutic. It helps me work through things I couldn't do otherwise.
- sandspar 3y ago> You can't write if you haven't thought something through Forums users everywhere would disagree.
- ramijames 3y agoYour snark aside, I don't think posting on forums is "writing." That's not what we're talking about here. For the most part, neither is commenting on Hackernews or Reddit or whatever. I'm explicitly calling "writing" the process of creating a coherent set of thoughts, editing, and publishing them. It's something that isn't generally off-the-cuff and takes significant time and effort.