I Hate Writing
I think a lot of people want to be but they don’t want to do . They want to have written a book, but they don’t want to write the book. They want to be fit, but they don’t want the tedium of working out. They’re ashamed of rejection and they’re ashamed of imperfection. I might want lots of people to subscribe to this Substack, but do I want to... See more
Ava • effort
In fact, one research study by psychologists specialising in creative persistence found that there’s something inherent about the creative process itself that causes what they call ‘disfluency’.1 Any creative project involves making mistakes, navigating blind corners, getting lost down dead ends, feeling embarrassed by early attempts.
Bec Evans, Chris Smith, • Written
