Posted by gardenergirl on January 9, 2004, at 8:22:42
In reply to Re: writing, depression, procrastination » fogmama, posted by octopusprime on January 8, 2004, at 22:18:38
I, too suffer from serious procrastination when it comes to writing. I seem to work best if I have an absolute deadline, and then I am rushing and writing up to the very last second, if not beyond.
I am struggling to figure this out, as it seriously affects my school work. The only thing I can come up with is that writing is permanent. Someone can READ IT! I do much better verbally, perhaps because of an illusion I have that if I say it, it could just magically go away, but if it is documented, it's permanently there for anyone to critique.
So far, the only technique that has worked even a little is to start writing what I want to SAY verbally, even if it seems less coherent than what I would write. I can always go back and edit.
The most ironic thing about my anxiety about writing is that I almost always get positive feedback about my writing style. What do I have to be anxious about if writing is supposedly one of my strengths? AAARGH! It's so frustrating.
Any thoughts on this?
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