If You Think Writing Isn’t Work, Think Again!
It’s Labor Day and I bet most writers (if they’re not at the beach or pool) will be writing! Writing is hard work, don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. So sweat it out, people! And enjoy every minute!
“Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it’s all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don’t buy that. It’s a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don’t. Every day I sit down and write.” Jodi Picoult
“Writing is hard work; it’s also the best job I’ve ever had.”” Raymond E. Feist
“Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It’s work, and often it’s hard work.” Wendelin Van Draanen
“Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better.” Jane Rule
