Faith And Science

"Have some faith that you aren't the only person who thinks it's good (even if they think so for different reasons than you)." That was the closing line of yesterday's post. It's true, but only the first stage of the process.

Faith is belief without proof. When you are starting out, you need this. You need to be able to write, to finish your projects, and to share it with others. You need to believe that you can succeed tremendously, even without any proof. If you can't do this, then you will not have the courage to put yourself to the test.

But faith alone is dangerous. It's traveling blind. That is where science takes over.

Consider your initial writings as experiments. They are you trying something out because you had a thought you wanted to explore. Actually writing something is gathering data. Showing it to others is peer review.

Through these experiments and feedback, you can improve your writing. But without the initial courage, you might not have experimented in the first place.

You need faith and science. They work hand-in-hand. Don't let one overpower the other, but don't let one fade away, either.