If You Code,You Should Write

@bkjones
PyCon 2013

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Brian K. Jones
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CTO @AWeber
PSF Member Since 2011
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Why This Talk?

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Why Dont You Write?

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Its all been written before

Im not doing anything cool

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Im a terrible writer
I dont know where to start

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Identify Outlets

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Submit Content

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What Editors Assume You Know

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What Editors Do

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One more thing...

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Im not a Writer

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Writing is iterative

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Writers throw away content all the

time.

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Writing well takes practice and

patience

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Writers use tools that make writing

easier. Sometimes it seems like no
two writers have the same setup.

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The point is...

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Youre already a writer.

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You find inspiration

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You iterate on your ideas

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You test them out

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You refine your thinking on the

matter.

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You revise.

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You move things forward through

sheer expression

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Thats called writing

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Its just the tools you use arent

configured to write prose optimally.

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You Should Write

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Thanks
@bkjones

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