: Re: What does/would it mean to code a novel? I have a few interests, and among them belong fiction, math and computer science, and so naturally I like to imagine/think about the possibility of

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I used to be a coder, too (PHP, Ruby, Javascript, etc). But my main thing was design. And I used to have the same wish as you: I wanted to think of fiction writing as "designing" a story. But later on, I understood that, even though they share some similarities, they are different kind of thought processes. It was only when I accepted that that I figured out how to be a better writer.

So I don't think you can code or design a novel. You can only write a novel.

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