[HN Gopher] How to Think in Writing
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       How to Think in Writing
        
       Author : Luc
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-07-06 18:44 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | paulpauper wrote:
       | a major problem with writing or any creative endeavor is the
       | reception is out of the creator's control. you can check all the
       | boxes on clarity of thought and it still fails to resonate with
       | renders for whatever reason
        
         | glompers wrote:
         | Another major problem occurs when mixing the first intention,
         | to communicate for a specific audience, with a second, separate
         | risk-management intention to control that receptivity and dial
         | it to a resonant frequency.
        
       | ibash wrote:
       | This is great and matches something I've been doing for over a
       | decade now. Writing in reflections, examining and cross
       | examining.
       | 
       | The only thing I would argume with is:
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       | > We just talked about it aimlessly, read randomly, and made
       | small notes. This cost us time and caused confusion.
       | 
       | No, this is part of the process. It's part of noticing and a
       | precursor to the step of examination. This is data gathering.
       | 
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       | 
       | The other thing I've learned over the years is that this kind of
       | thinking/writing scares people.
       | 
       | I've made the mistake of sending an edited analysis to a
       | cofounder. Because they didn't have a similar practice they
       | couldn't perceive it as an examination of our startup's
       | situation, and instead received it as anxiety and uncertainty.
       | 
       | It's unsettling to question assumptions.
        
       | justincormack wrote:
       | Proofs and Refutations is a great book.
        
       | nxicvyvy wrote:
       | The PG quote is a hot take.
       | 
       | Yes, writing can be a productive focusing mechanism, it can also
       | provide yo uwith good reflections. But so can meditation, so can
       | a good walk. It's a tool, not a requirement. It also has its own
       | downsides in that it forces you to think a certain constrained
       | way.
        
       | codelord wrote:
       | "If writing down your ideas always makes them more precise and
       | more complete, then no one who hasn't written about a topic has
       | fully formed ideas about it."
       | 
       | Apparently, even writing it down didn't help the author with this
       | flawed deduction.
        
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