{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Oxide and Friends","title":"Coder's Block","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bd16258f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4848,"description":"Oxide and Friends Twitter Space: October 25th, 2021Coder’s BlockWe’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for October 25th, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on October 25th included Brigid Gaffikin, Tom Lyon, MattSci, Simeon Miteff, Edwin Peer, Ian, Nima Johari, Matt Campbell, Joshua Hoeflich, Bill, Ariel Machado, and Kendall Morgan. (Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!)Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:BattleTris stories[@10:15](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=615) Writer’s block, flow (instigating tweet)National Novel Writing Month NaNoWriMoFlow wiki[@16:54](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=1014) “If you’re just problem solving, you can’t have writers block” Many degrees of freedomShiny new object[@20:39](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=1239) Remedies for writer’s block? Decide if you’re looking for tactics or strategy; is it small technical issues or not?Tactics: Hone in on ‘the craft’ – work on the languageStrategy: Is this going to reach an audience/get an agent?Write a scene from a different character’s PoV; write a vignetteThis sounds like prototyping in softwareIf you’re stuck on debugging, write some debug infrastructure[@24:16](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=1456) Doing something else entirely Brigid: ceramics, sound walks[@27:43](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=1663) Not everything is burnout[@34:13](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=2053) Software analogies to writer’s techniques[@36:04](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=2164) Personal productivity obsession Writer Emergency Pack by John August, site“You’ve got to get back to the coal face. You’ve got to finish it.”[@41:00](https://youtu.be/QGs5hlH6cLk?t=2460) Does Rust make this indecision worse? Pressure to find the “right”...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cVYTzMGAZ_7gNn2i7iJYSuWlQOM4wHdJAzEuWrnLo9A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OGI3/NjA5NWY4Yjc4NzE0/ZGI5ZmMzZmY4MjFi/YThiYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}