Lets get this straight, writing is HARD work. It’s not easy to write a novel. It’s very time consuming and brain-power consuming, but that’s not the worst part about writing.
The great part about writing (I’m speculating here) is the day your book gets released and the days following when you see the sales and the reviews and you’re ecstatic knowing that your story is out there.
The even better part of writing (I’m speculating some more) is the day ten years later when you’ve been working on a novel for a while now and you’re not feeling that great about it. You take a break and you check your email or look around at some blogs and you see that email/blog post that talks about you. Naturally you read and you find out that your book has touched someones soul. The best part about writing is knowing your voice has been heard and that it has changed someones life.
The worst part about writing comes after you’ve been published and you’ve sold tons of copies. The worst part is when you read back through your book and you enjoy it, but you know what’s going to happen, so you don’t get that feeling of reading it for the first time. You don’t get to be JK Rowling in that line of a thousand people lined up to buy Harry Potter.
That’s what I think is the worst part of writing, but it does not overpower the joy of knowing your words changed someones life, even if it is just one person.
(Original Post on July 11, 2011 at: http://dft.ba/-BSMeyers79 )
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