On writing

Writing is hard work.  The process is slow.  Today I worked and re-worked on a chapter, eager to send it to my supervisor for feedback.  It seems as if every time I work on a section, I think of further sections to include.  I cannot assume that my reader understands what I mean, and so must make everything plain.  I therefore feel the need to include quite descriptive sections, i.e. "I did this, then I did that, then I thought this, then I did the other..." simply so that my reader remains informed. 
My desire differs from this ploddy approach.  I want to jump ahead to express my ideas.  Instead, I must carefully articulate all my considerations, and offer a rationale for every step I took. 
As qualitative researchers, however, I am aware that 'we do not simply chronicle "what happened next"' (Richardson, 1990, p.10).  Instead, 'we weigh and sift experiences, make choices regarding what is significant, what is trivial, what to include, what to exclude' (Ibid.).  Writing is laborious, slow, absorbing, productive, enlightening, compulsive... Writing cannot be avoided.  Writing enlightens and reveals the gaps. Writing...