"But at the very first step in turning that picture into prose I’d run into a yawning gap between the big idea and the resources of my own brain. This then is a tale of how, inevitably, writing popular science means stretching beyond your own expertise. And of how I embrace that challenge, because it gives me the tools to take the reader deep into the science."
https://medium.com/the-spike/its-a-good-thing-when-i-don-t-know-what-i-m-writing-about-6d0ce69d5629