writing as struggle

The more I write, the more difficult it becomes. My big insight today as a writing teacher. I'm working on a collaborative article with Ron Fortune on forgery and plagiarism and I have so much to say that I can hardly say anything. There comes a point when it has all become too familiar, too obvious, that I can no longer write to an audience who might not know what I'm talking about. The risks of leaving important points out, of talking down to my audience, of assuming they know more than they do. Christ. This is a good reminder as I get ready to teach first-year writing again. Writing is work. A whole damn boatload of work.

File this under: deep thoughts.