Friday, February 14, 2014

Megan Mcardle: "...they seem to be paralyzed by the prospect of writing something that isn’t very good."



Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators

The psychological origins of waiting (... and waiting, and waiting) to work


"Most writers manage to get by because, as the deadline creeps closer, their fears of turning in nothing eventually surpasses their fears of turning in something terrible. But I’ve watched a surprising number of young journalists wreck, or nearly wreck, their careers by simply failing to hand in articles. These are all college graduates who can write in complete sentences, so it is not that they are lazy incompetents. Rather, they seem to be paralyzed by the prospect of writing something that isn’t very good."

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