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Multi-Tasking and Legal Writing

Do any professional writers answer e-mails in the middle of sentence composition?  Certainly no good ones.  Compare a blog posting by a decent writer like Megan McArdle with a magazine article in Esquire.  The quality of writing in Esquire is superior, because it's the product of sustained focus.  Magical things happen when you leave yourself alone with your expertise, a pen, and paper.Lawyers might not be especially good writers, but lawyers do get paid to write.  Ergo, lawyering is the profession of writing.Why then are you answering e-mails in between drafting briefs?  Yes, because other people are stupid and demand 24/7 access to you.  E-mail is certainly a hazard of the trade.    Still, at least know better: If you're multi-tasking while writing, your work product will be inferior...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).