In order to see if something is going to work, it’s going to have to be put to the test. The test doesn’t have to be anything formal, or grand, but it needs to be there.

We can engage in thought experiments until we fall unconscious, but none of it will matter unless action is taken.

Sure enough, tests will fail. Many will be unsuccessful or produce the results that were intended. They may need further thought, slight refining or just to be thrown out completely.

My teaching career is built on testing new waters all the time. I test new writing techniques on this site quite frequently.

Eventually things work. Eventually they stick.

But they only get there if you’re willing to give them a chance.