On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:22:14 +0200, michi1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said: > 1) Find something you do not like. Exactly. This is the point a lot of people miss. Personally, I mostly stick to "badly written Kconfig entries" and "stuff in linux-next that makes my Dell laptop misbehave", because that's stuff I can actually test/report/fix, and stuff that ticks me off. ;) > > it's like > > saying, "i really want to write a book, but i have no idea what i > > should write about. can you give me some ideas for a plot? and > > characters? and possibly an ending?" yes, it's that silly. > > Isn't this called "writer's block"? To me this does not sound like a silly > thing to say at all. Writer's block is when you can't find a rhyme for the 23rd line, or can't figure out how to make your villain drop out in chapter 5 so he can re-appear in chapter 9. If you need ideas for plot, characters, and ending, you're not a writer. Horror writer Steven King was once asked "Why do you write such dark scary stuff?". He replied "What makes you think I have any choice in the matter?" Now that dude is a *writer*. And quite frankly, unless somebody have similar feelings about coding, they probably shouldn't be hacking the kernel.
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