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    5 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 25 2006 | software, design, business, writing
    Writing words vs. writing software - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

    A great 37signal blog post on the act of writing, both in the literary sense and in the software sense.

    Quoted: Whether we’re authoring software or prose, rewriting is key. Rewriting is when you turn good into great. It’s true for books, blog posts, marketing copy, interfaces, code, etc. For all of them, we grind it out. We get something down, share it, get feedback, revise, and then do it over again. We get where we’re going via lots of wrong turns.

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    • dragonc - Jul 26 2006

      “There is no great writing, only great rewriting.” I like that because for the longest time I wouldn't write (aka procastinate) for fear of it not sounding good at first go.

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