It's Really, Really Hard

Writing is really, really, really hard. It's hard to do well. It takes hours and hours to revise. It's frustrating. The vision you have in your mind never quite gets down on paper, though you claw and scratch to get it just a little closer. And even though it took two hours to get it "just a little closer," you'll spend another 3 or 4 or 5 hours on it. And that's just for today. Then you'll return to it tomorrow.

That must be why most people say they don't like to write. It's not that they are opposed to the actual activity . . . in fact, it seems pretty integral to being a human. People don't like that it's so hard. So they avoid it. As I often do, to my own diminishment.