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minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-22 months agoMaybe 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.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI 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.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s a bit hard to write without C and H, so gotta get over it.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI don’t think you can do something professionally for year after year and keep loving it.
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.
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.
It’s a bit hard to write without C and H, so gotta get over it.
I don’t think you can do something professionally for year after year and keep loving it.