My favorite ref on the topic. From [[📖 How to Take Smart Notes]]:![[📖 How to Take Smart Notes#^66bf50]] >Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is — [[Dick Guindon]] (cartoonist). >People who write well, think well — [[David Ogilvy]] (The "Father of Advertising"). See [[Writing tips]]. Writing is **the** thinking process. That's why copying straight from [[LLMs]] is of no help (but they can be good assistants, just be careful since they add a lot of fluff). And by no means a conversation works without print. From [[🗞️ The Purpose of Writing]]: ![[🗞️ The Purpose of Writing#^81555d]] My own notes about writing in software: [[Software documentation]]