User:Fancysaur/Writing anxiety

Writing anxiety is a term for the tension, worry, nervousness, and a wide variety of other negative feelings when given a writing task in certain situations. Some may feel anxious about writing an essay for school, but writing an email on the same topic doesn't trigger the anxiety. Others may feel fine writing a lab report, but writing a letter to loved one triggers the anxiety. . '''[SAY MORE HERE... OBVS] (maybe here is where the symptoms/effects comes into play?)'''

History
Add in history here (scholarship (Daly & Miller), notable figures (King, Lamott, Rose --> link to writers block,, references to)

Causes
Writing anxiety can occur when (change to causes and effects? something like that... link to anxiety and other pages psychology... also outside of school and pressure in various situations, past experiences, etc.)


 * Faced with the pressures of getting good grades at school, college, or university.
 * Having to adapt and learn a new writing style.
 * Tight deadlines or no deadlines.
 * Not understanding the writing task.

Managing Writing Anxiety
There are many ways to manage writing anxiety. (working through - freewriting? outside school; different contexts... better citations)


 * Asking for assistance from a teacher, a writing group, a friend or family member about the assignment can help understand the assignment and give a direction of which writing style and format is appropriate for the task.
 * Practice writing. it is a skill that can learned and taught, given the support and guidance from teacher, lecturers and professors.
 * Have a plan of what to write out. Work out what to say, what feelings to convey to the reader, how to reach the end goal