[stevie_wilks]

I think one of the points that was glossed over in the conclusion of the article is that writing with feedback is much more valuable than without it.

The author of the letter to Jeff made this very clear that the up and down votes and whether or not the answer was accepted was feedback on his/her writing and it made them better.

Authors of books have editors to make the author (and the book) better, blogs have commenters which make the blogger better, SO answers have commenters and votes to make the participants better.

So DO just go out there and write yes; but also try to get feedback for your writing because it will multiply the amount you learn by writing.