I do way more academic publishing than poetry/fiction... sigh, but when it comes to academic, I talk everything to death. So in that I agree. The key for me and I think you said it is that your talking is a process for constructing text. It facilitates the process, and isn't side-tracked or procrastinating.

Luckily no advice is good for more than a few for whom it resonates... And I'm starting to teach 120 folks how to write next month... and wondering how I'll do it this time... using LJ of course!