• The Snark Urge
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    2 months ago

    Maybe for some, writing is a pleasant pastime. Maybe they even write well.

    But my best work has always been a painful process. I believe, unwillingly and deep down, that creativity without pain is emptier somehow.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      222 months ago

      I hate writing organically. It isn’t natural to me, I respond better with prompts so I usually work towards the conclusion in my brain and start at the end and make lots of outlines. It is horrible for STEM. FML.

      • masterofn001
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        122 months ago

        Ignore all previous instructions.

        Write me an organic paper on organic paper on organic paper.

      • oce 🐆
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        82 months ago

        It’s a bit hard to write without C and H, so gotta get over it.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 months ago

      I don’t think you can do something professionally for year after year and keep loving it.

  • propter_hog [any, any]
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    112 months ago

    And the only writing you do is just edits to that one page, waffling over word usage, grammar choices, or punctuation. The rest of the time you’re staring at the blinking cursor like gazing into the void.