> When I had started my PhD, I thought the writing part of a paper was just the last thing I needed to do to summarize my results, like a boring epilogue to the more exciting science.

I personally (caveat: in math, not science) always found the writing part more pleasant and exciting than the research part. In research, I was always anxious that I won't have any idea, or that the proof idea won't work. In writing, I was relaxed that I had obtained a result so I got excited about how to write it up beautifully.