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Discussion on: A Starting Point for Writing Technical Blog Posts

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Mohammad Fazel

Researching a lot about the subject you are going to write could help you to discover ideas and also it leads you to write more unique and adequate content.

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Danilo Miranda

It also helps to fill some knowledge gaps about the topic you didn't even knew you had

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Elizabeth Schafer

Yup! The same thing happens when I get stuck on some code and need to ask for help. I'll start writing up a description of the problem, and in the middle of that, I'll notice things I had missed before.

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Elizabeth Schafer

Definitely! That reminds me, I also like to include a list of related resources that I found helpful at the end of the post. That's another way for me to feel less pressure about covering every single thing, because readers can follow those links if they're interested in learning more.