Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead. -- Red Smith Let's get this cleared first. Writing is hard. Whoever says it is easy is lying. There is a lovely book by Sophy Burnham called "For Writers Only" which includes countless quotes from writers on the exquisite pain of the writing life. I highly recommend the book. All the quotations in this post are taken from that book. I see but one rule: to be clear. -- Stendhal Of course, I am not going to talk about how to write great works of literature. For that I am unqualified. I will talk about technical/scientific writing, which is a bit easier and manageable. For technical writing you do not necessarily need to be creative, playful, and poetic. You just have to communicate your points clearly. (Unfortunately, this is easier said than done.) We do not write in order to be understood, we write in order to understand. -- C. Day-Lewis Writi...
