diff --git a/mandelbrot-visualizer.c b/mandelbrot-visualizer.c
index 18a854a..4b2ae47 100644
--- a/mandelbrot-visualizer.c
+++ b/mandelbrot-visualizer.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct threadInfo {
 /*
  * Concurrency model explained:
  * One main thread, along with many workers in a thread pool, who split the work of
- * rendering roughly equally. The writers don't do any work until the pixel map which they
+ * rendering roughly equally. The workers don't do any work until the pixel map which they
  * are meant to work on is marked as available, and they are all singalled to start
  * drawing.
  *
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void color_lookup(int *r, int *g, int *b, double mu);
 // worker code
 gboolean queue_redraw_plane(void *arg);
 
-void *writer_thread(void *arg)
+void *worker_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct threadInfo *info = arg;
 	while (true) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void draw_mandelbrot(struct threadInfo *info)
 			pthread_mutex_unlock(&pixmapMutex);
 			return;
 			// after this, the thread will again enter the
-			// loop in the writer_thread function, and
+			// loop in the worker_thread function, and
 			// enter a wait state
 		}
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&pixmapMutex);
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ void draw_mandelbrot(struct threadInfo *info)
 	}
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&pixmapMutex);
 	info->complete = true;
-	bool allWritersComplete = true;
+	bool allWorkersComplete = true;
 	for (int32_t i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
 		if (!threads[i].complete) {
-			allWritersComplete = false;
+			allWorkersComplete = false;
 		}
 	}
-	if (allWritersComplete) {
+	if (allWorkersComplete) {
 		cairo_surface_mark_dirty(surface);
 		g_main_context_invoke(NULL, queue_redraw_plane, NULL);
 	}
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		// integer, if the thread fails to start, it will simply be
 		// overwritten by the same value in the next run of the loop
 		pthread_t id;
-		if (pthread_create(&id, NULL, &writer_thread, &threads[count])) {
+		if (pthread_create(&id, NULL, &worker_thread, &threads[count])) {
 			pthread_detach(id);
 			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create thread %d\n", i);
 			continue;
@@ -335,15 +335,15 @@ static void app_activate(GApplication *app)
 gboolean queue_redraw_plane(void *arg)
 {
 	(void) arg;
-	bool allWritersHadCompleted = true;
+	bool allWorkersHadCompleted = true;
 	for (int32_t i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
 		if (!threads[i].complete) {
-			allWritersHadCompleted = false;
+			allWorkersHadCompleted = false;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!allWritersHadCompleted) {
+	if (!allWorkersHadCompleted) {
 		return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 	}
 
@@ -357,14 +357,14 @@ void blit_plane(GtkDrawingArea *da, cairo_t *cr, int width, int height, gpointer
 	(void) width;
 	(void) height;
 	(void) data;
-	bool allWritersHadCompleted = true;
+	bool allWorkersHadCompleted = true;
 	for (int32_t i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
 		if (!threads[i].complete) {
-			allWritersHadCompleted = false;
+			allWorkersHadCompleted = false;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (allWritersHadCompleted) {
+	if (allWorkersHadCompleted) {
 		cairo_set_source_surface(cr, surface, 0, 0);
 		cairo_paint(cr);
 	}
@@ -382,27 +382,27 @@ void create_surface(GtkWidget *widget)
 	pixmapAvailable = false; // Mark drawing area as unavailable
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&pixmapMutex);
 
-	bool allWritersStopped;
+	bool allWorkersStopped;
 	do { // Wait until all writing threads have been stopped
-		allWritersStopped = true;
+		allWorkersStopped = true;
 		for (int32_t i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
 			if (threads[i].drawing) {
-				allWritersStopped = false;
+				allWorkersStopped = false;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-	} while (!allWritersStopped);
+	} while (!allWorkersStopped);
 
 	// If all drawers hadn't completed, we need to call
 	// cairo_surface_mark_dirty in the main thread
-	bool allWritersHadCompleted = true;
+	bool allWorkersHadCompleted = true;
 	for (int32_t i = 0; i < thread_count; i++) {
 		if (!threads[i].complete) {
-			allWritersHadCompleted = false;
+			allWorkersHadCompleted = false;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!allWritersHadCompleted && surface != NULL) {
+	if (!allWorkersHadCompleted && surface != NULL) {
 		cairo_surface_mark_dirty(surface);
 	}