Don't research and write at the same time

Put down the shovel before you pick up the pen

“The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.”
–Alan Dean Foster

This principle of writing will sound obvious, but many principles do, once expressed.

Writing often begins with research. A relaxed period marked by supine stints of reading. Research is sometimes followed by the misery known as writing. Now here’s the aforementioned obviousne…