John BullSometimes your daily writing session is just deleting a lot of what you wrote the day before.
I realised a while back that a step back can be a step forward.
Nigel Small@garius That applies equally to writing software.
Jan Adriaenssens@garius In Dutch we say "schrijven is schrappen", or "to write is to delete". It's a principle I also use when writing tech roadmaps, vision papers and such.
The final document might not contain a single word from the first draft, but you won't get that final version without the initial text.
It's the "Text of Theseus".
Sabine@garius sounds a little bit like when I'm knitting 🙈