Guest Post: The Software Engineer's Guide To Writing

Writing a first draft is, for me, panicked, frenzied, and riddled with wrong turns. The first few steps are clear, and from there I'm running in a black room and my only light comes from a pair of shoes that blink when I step. At some point I run smack into a wall with "You're Done" painted on it, and then I start the process of turning my winding path into a straight line.

Designing software to a nebulous set of requirements feels just like this.

I am both a writer and a professional...