“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever we’re trying to learn.” ― William Knowlton Zinsser, Writing to Learn One of the books that got me into writing for myself.
Do you have any specific writing habits or techniques that you developed as a result of reading this book?
Yes! I write more. Instead of writing about things I know well, I write about things I want to know better. It reveals gaps in my knowledge I was not aware of.
For example, I can start write "We are using X instead of Y because..." and realize I do not truly know the reason. Which leads me to investigate and then finish the sentence.