When in Doubt, Componentize

  Blank pages are daunting. Students in school are familiar with the anxiety which accompanies the last few questions in the multiple choice section, a final glimpse of limited probability before uncovering the vast expanse of a free text response. "Writer's block" ails all who approach a pencil or keyboard with the goal of expressing complete thoughts or ideas on a page. Though I am not an artist by any means, I excel at coloring between the lines. And like many authors and writers, I am capable, sometimes even prolific when building information upon some sort of commonly understood model.