Writing is a huge part of the college curriculum, no matter what your major is. This is also true of life. Going into business? Get ready to write mission statements, 75-slide PowerPoint presentations, and business plans. Considering a field in medicine? Long-ass case studies await you. The other hard sciences? Prepare thyself to write study after study after study. Those who are interested in the humanities: You know what you’re getting yourself into? Writing.
If you didn’t know all that, well, now you do. But before you tear up your acceptance letter and jump on the next tuna trawler, consider this one scientific fact: Everyone hates writing. Writers especially hate writing, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to your fucking face. Everyone likes having written, but they don’t like writing. The same holds true with most homework. No one likes doing homework—they like having done homework…
