It seems as though what inspires me to write, is abstinence. So when I do write, then it’s about writing or my lack thereof. For a while now I’ve been feeling the urge to write something. I’ve been so busy with my head down working, that I’ve not had the time to really indulge in anything outside of my day job. I’ve not been reading, or looking outside my little window. Yet those are just the activities which add the most value to my role at Orange Bus. Somethings changed. I’ve suddenly found (read made) the time to do other things.

It was from doing those other things that I stumbled upon Jacob Kaplan-Moss’ writing. Something he seems to be doing a lot more of now, than he used to. Currently he’s writing a really good series of articles on “Writing great documentation“. I’ve found the piece on editing, to be of greatest value. Possibly because it’s my weakest area. I could definitely use an editor for my writing, or failing that, at least employ some of the techniques he mentions for self-editing.

I’ve not taken all of his advice, in editing this piece, but I have at least taken the time out to edit, re-edit, and look at it in a place other than the place where I wrote it.