As an IT technical writers, which have the qualities it? I combine some of their own creative experience, and discuss with everyone, welcome to communicate with each other learning and common progress.
(1) must first have a solid technical foundation, and also has a strong ability to learn. Writing books and software development are different, in the development of the project, the project involves only need to understand the technology on the line, but when writing a book, complete knowledge of the technology covered by the system should explain clearly, so be sure to write a book side edge and review learning relevant information.
(2) articulate, to understand their own knowledge is converted into plain text and visual image of the picture, and with suitable examples to introduce. Some developers well-versed in technology, development projects a lot of experience, but if you want to write technical articles, the lack of patience to carefully articulate technical detail, as if written in a very meticulous would be detrimental to their image, he is misunderstood as a sentimental. In fact, it is best to empathy when writing the book, most readers are what your face do not know, so that readers can understand the purpose of books is writing a book, and not to show off their own in front of the reader knowledge.
(3) maintain a positive attitude to good writing. The process of writing a book is long, or even very lonely, and no one to wages in the process of writing the book, nor to grasp after the completion of a book by the readers. In this case, the authors tend to become impetuous, slowly lose the passion of writing, anticlimactic, the last half-heartedly. When I was writing, relatively lonely and can Aode Zhu test of a long time, and how I self-psychological adjustment it? I use the method to belittle myself to raise writing to stimulate their creative passion.
First, I will first belittle their own, an ordinary man, no expertise, if this time is not writing, I can do something else meaningful things? Certainly consume time and repeated in various trivial affairs.
Second, to write a book to make rare rare interesting thought. Wake up, hands and feet of the brain can be free running is a very fortunate thing, but also to write a book, what a privilege it is one thing. Such a thought, they will set their mind to write a book, even if it is not the best-selling book was finished, I will be happy to fulfill the intentions seriously.
(4) prudent, fame and fortune. Technical literature book is different from the book, the former limited readership, even if very popular, also tens of thousands of readers, it will not bring prominent wealth. If it is an urgent desire to get rich people, the best choice in other ways. However, the best-selling book can be famous is true. When people around the country that I will write best-selling books, will be put up to my thumb too, "too bad!" "Terrible!", "Too talented!" All sorts of praise blowing, after many long time no contact classmates and friends got the news from the internet, will find ways to get in touch with me to express my praise.
The feeling of being surrounded by beautiful honor, if carried away, and then adapt to the realities of ordinary life would be difficult to find the right positioning. In real life, the writer's impossible to label on his head go around to show off. In life, if you want to maintain a sustained creative energy, it must have a sense of balance.
(5) get affordable, but also let go. It is very easy to work writing could not get into it, especially someone like me do things more focused person. In writing "Java Object-Oriented Programming, Second Edition", which two months my foot accidentally twisted, I still motionless in front of the computer to write a book one day, and made edema of the feet has been can not afford to retire . And that is the hot summer months, I do not have air-conditioning fans, it so intently at the computer writing a book, although the body constantly sweating, but did not feel the heat.
My parents often reminded me that they saw the television show writers are unkempt, do not eat on time, in order to write a book forget everything, I hope I do not become this terrible madman. I do not want to become like this, because this is no continuity, no health, and finally can do nothing.
"Sleepless nights", "the first cantilever cone biting" has been aired as a model to study hard efforts. In fact, only in the last resort of suicide selfless giving, such behavior was worthy of recognition. In most cases, life without God does not like workaholic law, many of the elite science and technology sector, "sleepless nights", although very respected in the world, but God has given a cruel punishment Hidetoshi sudden death.
So people writing must be "affordable, put down" of literacy, work and rest, so as to protect their health, for the bowl "IT young rice" to eat a little long.
These are my writing process summed up some experience, and encourage one another.
Sunweiqin