Writing is hard, which can make it seem daunting. The problem with this as with many skills is that you can only become a better writer by being a writer first.

Writing is hard, which can make it seem daunting. The problem with this as with many skills is that you can only become a better writer by being a writer first. It also doesn't help that the kind of writing that's usually taught or otherwise imparted at school or university for many use cases is needlessly complex and wordy but nevertheless often is considered the "only proper way of writing". In many settings writing also doesn't provide an immediate noticeable benefit. Writing for example can help with: - documentation and making decisions comprehensible and reproducible - knowledge transfer - improving the overall quality of a product - marketing - getting a better understanding of the problem yourself With the exception of the last aspect these are all rather long-term benefits, which has to be taken into account when trying to find the motivation for writing.