I just decided to write a lot. Even if it doesn't make sense (http://blog.uncool.in/2009/03/26/episode-1-perspective-shift...). I suppose after a month or so of writing crap, I'll be able to loosen up my rusty writing skills a bit and my writing will become more natural.
I agree. Commit to writing 3 pages a day, even if it is just repetitive nonsense and ramblings. Feel free to burn the notebook at the end of the month. After a few months of this, you just may find you have loosened things up a bit in terms of the old "the best is the enemy of the good" problem.
I'm often faced with the following choice: write a paper about Algorithm 1.0, or try to figure out Algorithm 1.1? Or perhaps tweak the code to make it cleaner/faster/more general?
choosing someone whom you'd like to write to and who would write back (a parent or a grandparent, perhaps?) and then writing that person a letter with lots of description of what you're thinking about and doing once a week. After a year of that, you'll write a lot better.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 31.6 ms ] thread"I am imprisoned within my lack of clarity and lack of style. Fucking failure. Chained to a quiet and passive existence.
I want to express; I want to free my ideas; I want to communicate my message; but I fucking can’t. I can’t clear this painful fog."
You might want to try that.
Writing the paper usually loses.
It's my most productive form of procrastination.
http://www.amazon.com/Write-Speak-Think-More-Effectively/dp/...
choosing someone whom you'd like to write to and who would write back (a parent or a grandparent, perhaps?) and then writing that person a letter with lots of description of what you're thinking about and doing once a week. After a year of that, you'll write a lot better.