Almost posted a question
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I don't ask questions very often at all, but in the past, I found that talking to a co-worker or posting on CP would cause me to find the answer. Something about breaking the problem down so a reader or hearer could understand it, I think, caused me to think it through a little deeper.
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Yeah, I do feel like trying to formally word the issue for an outsider plays a huge part. It caused me to proof read it from the view of the audience, too, which helps get the brain working in a different way.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
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You use a different part of your brain to write code than you do to write prose. One way I proof prose is to read it aloud. A lot of stumble gets found this way. Same kind of thing, I think. I sat with an author once while he was holding court at a coffee shop in Denver called Muddy's. Simon Hawke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Hawke[^] I was astonished to find that he spoke in the exact same way that he wrote. I pointed this out to him during the discussion and he gave me one of those WTF looks and said; "doesn't everyone?" I also note that he wrote about six books a year at that time but had almost no proofing. Piers Anthony was producing about 3 a year in the same time but I think they were doing the same amount of work. PA getting more money per word (no doubt) and SH getting more words to the public. Oh, I digressed.
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That is an observation I did not make. Viewing a coding problem, when worded into a word problem, as prose.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
I was astonished to find that he spoke in the exact same way that he wrote. I pointed this out to him during the discussion and he gave me one of those WTF looks and said; "doesn't everyone?"
That is incredibly interesting, I have only recently tried writing and feel I can't find my voice well. I should let my written words flow like how I speak. I have written stuff, that when I reread, feels clunky and unnatural. That is a sign I'm not writing in my own voice. I will definitely take advice from this.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
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That is an observation I did not make. Viewing a coding problem, when worded into a word problem, as prose.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
I was astonished to find that he spoke in the exact same way that he wrote. I pointed this out to him during the discussion and he gave me one of those WTF looks and said; "doesn't everyone?"
That is incredibly interesting, I have only recently tried writing and feel I can't find my voice well. I should let my written words flow like how I speak. I have written stuff, that when I reread, feels clunky and unnatural. That is a sign I'm not writing in my own voice. I will definitely take advice from this.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. " — Hunter S. Thompson
wizardzz wrote:
, I have only recently tried writing and feel I can't find my voice well. I should let my written words flow like how I speak. I have written stuff, that when I reread, feels clunky and unnatural. That is a sign I'm not writing in my own voice.
I have the same problem. It is interesting that when I write in a forum I can form whole, cogent sentences and when I try and write fiction or whatever I sound like I just learnt english. :doh: I'm trying to fold the one attitude into the other to get my mind over the obvious psychological block. Something to do with the way I organize my thoughts when I'm approaching a forum reply, I think. Good luck with your struggle. Man vs self is a difficult one.
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