Frustration: The essence of good writing?

Everyone in academia can empathise with that feeling of frustration that accompanies lengthy writing tasks, such as theses, journal chapters and edited books. Words, phrases and syntactical choices are pored over; paragraphs are experimented with, adapted and sometimes cast away; and whole sections are worked and reworked until there emerges a coherent and beautifully crafted piece fit for the most erudite and discerning of audiences. Given the level of attention and mental acuity required when writing academically, it’s perhaps not surprising frustration is felt regularly.

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