Writing is painful.
Sorry, that tends to be everyone's reality. It is hard work to think through
complex ideas and find the best way to present them so that someone else can
understand them. A few general things though, if you are having problems. First
if you find it very hard to write, I recommend this book:
Saltzman, J.
(1993). If You Can Talk, You Can Write.
Grand Central Publishing.
As you can see, it
is an older book, so it is available very cheaply online. It will reduce your
anxiety and will help you get something down on paper. I strongly recommend
reading your paper aloud; you will catch many errors. If nothing else, read to
your dog or cat, they will find you fascinating! You will reduce the number of
needed corrections by simply rereading your paper carefully.
Be prepared and
open to many revisions. Your reviewers have much more experience in writing at
this level, trust their guidance. Revisions are simply part of the writing
process, keep in mind that the final article you see in the journal has little
resemblance to where it started. As an example, a recent article that I wrote
with colleagues went through 25 revisions (yes, I counted!).
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