Ask HN: How do you find motivation to write blog posts?

Re:Ask HN: How do you find motivation to write blog posts? by gitgud on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @09:12PM (#23635773)

Thanks so much for the detailed response. That's all great advice.

I especially like "1. Writing is thinking", I've always thought of blog posts to be like story-telling, but for many technical blog-posts story-telling doesn't work. I guess just explaining the idea logically is a much better approach... (I can't believe how obvious this sounds)

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Re:Ask HN: How do you find motivation to write blog posts? by yesenadam on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:13AM (#23640307)

Simon Peyton-Jones expands on the GP's 1st point – that you don't afterwards write up your 'research' (i.e. anything you are thinking about/learning/doing etc), but before, during, after - the writing guides, informs, directs what you learn, every step of the way:

How to Write a Great Research Paper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK51E3gHENc

Most of that applies to all kinds of non-fiction writing I think. A lot of it's common-sense principles that sound obvious, but most people don't actually follow, so their writing isn't great. If you loved that, you'll also like his How To Give a Great Research Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_-owjKIbA

Also.. Sacha Chua's wonderful No-Excuses Guide to Blogging is wise and inspiring. https://sachachua.com/sharing/pdfs/2014-02-14%20A%20No-Excus...

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