Scribbled Fiction

In the last post , I talked about how writing is not easy. We all know how true that is. Make sure you read that one before going on to this one, since they kind of go together. You know, like mac and cheese. Or writing all night and having a terrible attitude in the morning. Yup, writing is hard. I spent several good hours working on the last post to prove that writing really is hard. And it is. Really, really, really  hard. *sigh* But it's not impossible. Lots of people who don't actually write novels or tried it a little only to give up after a few pages might think it's impossible. Why in the world would they think it's impossible? But seriously, there are lots of non-writer people out there who think it's a lot harder to write a novel than it actually is. I'm not 100% sure why they think that. It could be all the memes they've seen about how hard it is, or quotes like the one I just used above. Or it could be that they've heard about how ...

Can we just laugh about this for a second? Haha- no. Writing is not easy. Anyone who's ever written anything- from a school essay to a four hundred thousand word novel- knows how hard it is to write anything . It's amazing that people do it every day. I don't know how I do it every day (Except Sundays. Day of rest.), and I should be to scream at the top of my lungs that THIS CRAFT ISN'T FREAKING EASY. And to anyone who would ever say that writing is easy: I don't know what you're doing, but it's not proper writing. It can't be. Writing ain't easy, sucker. Seriously, though, don't be fooled by the quotes out there that say all writers must love writing. I'm pretty sure every writer in the world has had maybe even a week or two at a time where they hated writing. I've hit those patches myself, and trust me, they'll make you wonder why in the world you're still doing this. You'll wonder if you're even a real writer...