The Five Stages of Grief Writing
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
These were passed around the office today:
Stages of writing: 😖 i can't believe I'm doing this 😨 my writing is horrible! 😏 hey it's pretty good 😭 no it's not! 😶 i'm done, just take it
— Mark S. Luckie (@marksluckie) September 24, 2015 The wish to write. The frustration of writing. The consolation of having written.
— Teju Cole (@tejucole) March 27, 2014But it’s always good to get some perspective:
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Read the rest of that long, brilliant cartoon from The Oatmeal here. (Though its take on the mantis shrimp could use some work.) Now back to the content creation ...