tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518042.post5601725465584376797..comments2024-03-19T07:46:20.437-05:00Comments on Windows Incident Response: On Writing (DFIR) BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518042.post-52465070369661928742018-02-17T12:13:12.188-05:002018-02-17T12:13:12.188-05:00You've given excellent advice. I've writte...You've given excellent advice. I've written a book, a dissertation, a number of articles, numerous reports, and worked as a copy editor for years. I would add several things:<br /><br />First, just get your thoughts down. There have been many times when I have been inspired by an idea about something later in the manuscript. Had I not written then, the thought would have been lost. When writing, I will have the text I'm working on, usually from a copy of the outline, plus space for additional text that I can eventually work up to. <br /><br />Second, re-read your own work. I hate doing this myself, but it always pays off by allowing you to find mistakes and infelicities in the text. When I haven't done it, I have usually cringed later.<br /><br />Third, don't expect to be perfect. No books are. Don't try to hold yourself to a standard that no one meets. This is important to keep in mind when you have that compelling thought that you need to jot down, when you re-read what you've written, and when you send your work out for comment.James Voorheeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321776612770900875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518042.post-52411584712381515022018-02-17T01:44:58.861-05:002018-02-17T01:44:58.861-05:00The suggestion about getting someone to read, comm...The suggestion about getting someone to read, comment or ask additional questions fairly early in the process is, I think, very useful.<br /><br />The NMAP book was written chapter by chapter, which was then posted to a semi-open mailing list (nmap-writers), whose members, in return for early access, also were kind of expected to ask questions, comment and generally discuss areas where they found unclarity, and so help improve the text as well as the structure. Many of those discussions lead to changes in the text, one or two (I think) even lead to minor changes in how NMAP collected and presented information.<br /><br />Fyodor can probably comment on if he found it a useful form of ... call it rapid prototyping applied to books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com