I’d loosely describe the difference between knowledge and understanding as the difference between being able to say what something is vs being able to describe why it is, or how it is, which often comes through being able to describe the thing in different ways. See the concept of “you don’t really understand something until you can explain it to a child (or lay person, I’d say).”
I know what a GPU is—I don’t understand how it works on a physical level.
Passion seems orthogonal although it csn drive knowledge and understanding.
About writing, well, our brains are all different—no technique will work equally well for everyone. Dialogue is a great way to generate understanding. And it has precedence as a writing technique too—have you tried writing fictional dialogues to hash out your ideas?
Re: understanding,
I’d loosely describe the difference between knowledge and understanding as the difference between being able to say what something is vs being able to describe why it is, or how it is, which often comes through being able to describe the thing in different ways. See the concept of “you don’t really understand something until you can explain it to a child (or lay person, I’d say).”
I know what a GPU is—I don’t understand how it works on a physical level.
Passion seems orthogonal although it csn drive knowledge and understanding.
About writing, well, our brains are all different—no technique will work equally well for everyone. Dialogue is a great way to generate understanding. And it has precedence as a writing technique too—have you tried writing fictional dialogues to hash out your ideas?