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I. Writer’s Block
Writers face the blank page, painters face the empty canvas, and programmers face the empty editor buffer. Perhaps it’s not literally empty—an IDE may want us to specify a few things first. Here we haven’t even started the project yet, and already we’re forced to answer many questions: what will this thing be named, what directory will it be in, what type of module is it, how should it be compiled, and so on.
The completely empty editor buffer is even worse. Here we have an infinite number of choices of text with which to fill it.
Writers face the blank page, painters face the empty canvas, and programmers face the empty editor buffer. Perhaps it’s not literally empty—an IDE may want us to specify a few things first. Here we haven’t even started the project yet, and already we’re forced to answer many questions: what will this thing be named, what directory will it be in, what type of module is it, how should it be compiled, and so on.
The completely empty editor buffer is even worse. Here we have an infinite number of choices of text with which to fill it.
So it seems we share some of the same problems with artists and writers:
1. How to start
2. When to stop
3. Satisfying the person who commissioned the work
Writers have a name for difficulties in starting a piece: they call it Writer’s Block.
Sometimes writer’s block is borne of fear: Fear of going in the wrong direction, of getting too far down the wrong path. Sometimes it’s just a little voice in your head saying “don’t start yet”. Perhaps your subconscious is trying to tell you that you’re missing something important that you need before you can start.
How do other creative artists break this sort of logjam? Painters sketch; writers write a stream of consciousness. (Writers may also do lots of drugs and get drunk,but we’re not necessarily advocating that particular approach.) What then, is the programming equivalent of sketching?
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1. How to start
2. When to stop
3. Satisfying the person who commissioned the work
Writers have a name for difficulties in starting a piece: they call it Writer’s Block.
Sometimes writer’s block is borne of fear: Fear of going in the wrong direction, of getting too far down the wrong path. Sometimes it’s just a little voice in your head saying “don’t start yet”. Perhaps your subconscious is trying to tell you that you’re missing something important that you need before you can start.
How do other creative artists break this sort of logjam? Painters sketch; writers write a stream of consciousness. (Writers may also do lots of drugs and get drunk,but we’re not necessarily advocating that particular approach.) What then, is the programming equivalent of sketching?
Journals for full download on the link below
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