One of the things I like to say to people learning about software development is that they should be reading more. You need to practice, you need to write code, but don’t forget to read code.
That isn’t different if you are becoming a writer… you should read more. Reading makes you reason about what you are going to focus.
Reading more is like a principle to research and learn a bit, before starting. I’m not telling you to read the whole manual, though. 😛
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