https://6d09341e.wanderingreferee.pages.dev/tags/writing/ Recent content in writing on The Wandering Referee Hugo en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:11:17 -0400 https://6d09341e.wanderingreferee.pages.dev/posts/rewriting-versus-writing/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:11:17 -0400 https://6d09341e.wanderingreferee.pages.dev/posts/rewriting-versus-writing/ <p>I&rsquo;ve been iterating on how I create my session notes recently, by dropping in obvious placeholder content. Things like &ldquo;comical situation involving an usually small troll under the bridge&rdquo; or &ldquo;a fight of some kind, something native to this area&rdquo;. This framing means I can move quickly through an outline or set of ideas and then flesh things out to be better later. I think this is fairly obvious, but it&rsquo;s not part of my norm. Then just last night I saw <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/samthielman.com/post/3mjvazw5rjs2x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">this Bluesky post</a> that led me to the linked article and this quote hit home:</p>