How I motivate myself to write

Re:How I motivate myself to write by strken on Sunday October 31, 2021 @01:13AM (#29054662)

I don't think there's a binary of writers/non-writers. I think there's an energy threshold, above which people with an inclination to write would start doing so.

If you took the average person, put them at a desk in a locked room with pen and paper, and left them there, they'd eventually write or draw something out of sheer boredom.

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Re:How I motivate myself to write by fijiaarone on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:33PM (#29083618)

I don't think that's fair. Some people might do pushups or sing or fold origami or shoot spitballs instead.

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Re:How I motivate myself to write by strken on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:07PM (#29113082)

General point here is that the activation energy of a task gets lower the more bored you are. Even if the exact proportion of the population who'd write or draw is below 50% (which I don't think it is), the general point still stands.

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