Creative Writing Insight Number 47

 But if you’re going to create, you’re going to find out that the way you work will not look a whole lot like the way your accountant works. Logically, this makes a whole lot of sense.But it can be threatening in practice, because creativity often thrives as a result of the very behaviors that others label as lazy or self-indulgent or some other horrid judgment that might be appropriate were you a cog in a wheel that cannot turn without your constant and unimaginative presence.

from Elizabeth Percer, https://lithub.com/the-first-rule-of-novel-writing-is-dont-write-a-novel/