Sometimes it seems as though the only way to make a writing deadline is to not have one. But why, dammit? Why? Here’s one explanation:
by Belle Cooper
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”- Douglas Adams
We’re obsessed with planning when we’ll get work done. But when we need to knuckle down and put our plans into action, we push tasks back further and further, up until the last minute—or worse, past the established deadline.