Why are writers the worst procrastinators? Because we were the best in English class. Megan McArdle explains:
“Most writers were the kids who easily, almost automatically, got A’s in English class.… At an early age, when grammar school teachers were struggling to inculcate the lesson that effort was the main key to success in school, these future scribblers gave the obvious lie to this assertion.… It isn’t that they never failed, but at a very early age, they didn’t have to fail much; their natural talent kept them at the head of the class.”
Do read the whole thing.
