[HN Gopher] How I motivate myself to write
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       How I motivate myself to write
        
       Author : gregdoesit
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2021-10-29 07:02 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | richardatlarge wrote:
       | Write regularly yes, but quantity does not lead inherently to
       | quality. You have to hold a higher and then higher standard for
       | what's good
        
       | eatonphil wrote:
       | My experience and techniques have been remarkably similar, albeit
       | on a smaller scale than Gergely. A few years ago I decided to
       | start writing one post per month on any subject within
       | tech/software development. I've missed that goal a couple of
       | times but my average since then has still been ~1.4 posts per
       | month.
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       | I write about whatever is interesting to me and most often that's
       | exploring topics in tech that were a mystery to me before like
       | compilers, databases, etc. Like Gergely I keep an ever growing
       | list of projects or topics that seem interesting to tackle at
       | some point.
       | 
       | One book I'd recommend most to folks writing in tech (whether
       | it's technical or not) is On Writing Well, which teaches you the
       | same kinds of things Gergely uses Hemingway Editor for. That is,
       | to be concise and precise.
       | 
       | I think the biggest benefit to writing consistently is that you
       | improve as a writer and that you get to explore interesting
       | topics. Some people say tech blogging is great for getting jobs
       | but in my experience, of all the things that helped me get work,
       | my blog didn't contribute much. But I'm just one data point. I
       | say this so that you don't get discouraged if you don't suddenly
       | unlock emails from hiring managers because you start writing
       | more.
        
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