I used to write journal articles for a living and know well how writers block and perfectionist tendencies (often driven by what reviewers will think) used to drive my life. Now that I’m retired from that life I can say it does feel like the weight of the world has been lifted. Sure, I have more things to write, but on balance it might be better for me to focus on other things that come more naturally.
Yes (about 80 of them; all in meteorology) and I apologize if my context is too different from your main point. But I’m retired now and settling into a new mode of prioritization.
I find my writing comes from intuition and nothing else. I cannot sit and write from the left brain it is just rubbish. Therefore I have to wait until I am inspired, whenever that happens, and just be grateful I have a gift I am not in control of. Hope this gives another perspective to the wonderful creative gift of writing. Kindest
I used to write journal articles for a living and know well how writers block and perfectionist tendencies (often driven by what reviewers will think) used to drive my life. Now that I’m retired from that life I can say it does feel like the weight of the world has been lifted. Sure, I have more things to write, but on balance it might be better for me to focus on other things that come more naturally.
Oh would those be scientific articles?
Yes (about 80 of them; all in meteorology) and I apologize if my context is too different from your main point. But I’m retired now and settling into a new mode of prioritization.
I find my writing comes from intuition and nothing else. I cannot sit and write from the left brain it is just rubbish. Therefore I have to wait until I am inspired, whenever that happens, and just be grateful I have a gift I am not in control of. Hope this gives another perspective to the wonderful creative gift of writing. Kindest