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title = "Please write"
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id = "doc?20251001-write"
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updated = "2025-10-01T23:06:00+02:00"
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tags = ["all", "shower"]
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In case anyone needs to hear this.
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---
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Do you ever find yourself writing braindumps on cool stuff you find, out to your friends on Discord, Telegram, Bluesky, Mastodon, or any other social media?
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If so, I think you should consider starting up a blog.
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I guarantee you that if you can find a cool thing to narrate about on Discord, you can certainly write a blog post.
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Copy the messages into a text file, and start refining them into sentences.
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Start elaborating on contextual details you may have omitted.
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Within an evening, you will have a piece of text ready to be published.
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## Don't worry about the details
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Think your writing will not be polished enough?
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The thing is, *it really doesn't have to be.*
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Have a look at how rough my writing was [back when I was starting out][page:programming/about-treehouse.tree] and still figuring out the right form factor for my posts.
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Point is, it's not going to be perfect in the beginning.
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It's fine if your style is rough and unpolished.
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It is your style, and you should cherish it, work on it, polish it with time.
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Grand things aren't built in a day.
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The _good_ thing about a blog compared to social media, is that you won't get unsolicited comments if you don't ask for them.
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You can omit having a comment section.
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You can ask your friends not to criticise your post.
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You can also omit sharing your contact details---though you probably shouldn't, because from my experience, people reading blogs tend to be very kind!
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If you enjoy sharing braindump threads with friends, and they enjoy reading them, interacting with them---blog posts are a great way to organise those braindumps into something more coherent, more worthy of a conversation.
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So, don't worry about those details.
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Write.
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## Seriously, don't worry about the details
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Stuck on the "I want to blog, but I don't have a cool personal website" phase?
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Make a folder with a bunch of HTML files, with some ugly CSS to accompany it.
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There really is no need to overthink it in the beginning.
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Just as your blog doesn't have to _read_ polished initially, it also doesn't have to _look_ polished.
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You can revise it as you go---as you notice little details going awry, bits and pieces you can tweak to make it look better.
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I went through lots of revisions until my website reached its current state, where I'm actually really satisfied with the typography, layout, colour scheme, and general _vibe_.
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That stuff takes experience, trial and error, and you aren't going to get it perfect the first time around.
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So, don't worry about those details.
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Write!
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## Hit that Enter key
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Got a _something_ of a blog post, but scared it's not up to your standards to publish it?
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Hit that `<kbd>Enter</kbd>`{=html} key.\
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Share your post with some friends.\
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You won't regret it!
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So... please, write!
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## Stop reading this
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Stop reading this.
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Read your last Discord braindump again, filter out the good parts, and try to write a post about it!
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No, seriously stop.
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I'm getting kind of embarrassed =w=
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...But I'll still hit that `<kbd>Enter</kbd>`{=html} key!
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