I’ve heard it said from by different authors that the key to becoming a good writer is simple: write. Write frequently and write a lot. Unfortunately, while I’ve lived that out, I think I missed a critical component. I think you’re supposed to try to improve along the way. You’re supposed to actually work at getting better. While on some level I definitely want to write better, I don’t usually make a conscious effort.

Hopefully that will change if I start writing for publication more since that requires a continuous process of improvement. Previous articles I’ve worked on were joint-projects (with me doing more of the testing and very little of the writing), but I just finished my first solo article. I’m proud of it, and it was a lot of work considering the information in the article I could have spouted at any given time in a 15 minute talk. I learned a lot about writing and improving my writing, and I hope to continue the process. So sit in a nice comfy chair and enjoy my first solo article. Or, more likely, you won’t enjoy it because it’ll probably be boring to the non-security folks. But you should read it anyway because we’re all friends here.

Posted by Jordan on Wednesday, May 11th, 2005 at 1:52 pm.