Writing

My version of the inverted pyramid uses the ‘five Es’: Essentials: What the reader absolutely must know about your message (from the plan you made in chapter 3) Explanation: More detail to fill out the reader’s knowledge, including links to what they already know (chapter 14) Examples: Different perspectives (chapter 15), metaphors (chapter 13) or

All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem.

Examine every word you put on paper. You’ll find a surprising number that don’t serve any purpose.

the curse of knowledge. It’s almost impossible to imagine not knowing what you know. Therefore, it’s a challenge to put yourself in the same position as your reader.

Every piece of writing offers the reader a deal. In return for their time and attention, they receive some sort of value.

The editor, then, is a connector—a conduit from writer to reader—but also a translator, improving the communication from each to the other.

When people say, "I was writing all day," they don't mean they were intermittently typing for eight straight hours. They mean they spent the entire day engaged in the writing process. And a big part of that process is installing, configuring, and testing software—in other words, learning.