As someone who has written literally millions of words and curated just as many since moving into print and publishing, it’s a mute point as to what’s hard and what’s not when it comes to writing. Whether it’s for myself or work, a short story or a blog post, each offers it’s own set of challenges and sometimes, obstacles. Including do I really want to write today to, “Oh my god the deadline is when tomorrow?”

When it comes to writing for myself, I have no set agenda I write when inspired and enjoy the whole process rather than subject myself to pressure for whatever reason. My short stories are written when they’re written, same goes for a blog post. I simply do not stress anymore. And for good reason. I’ve had a life time’s worth of deadlines and stress working in publishing so take the approach, this is for me, it should be fun.

I want to enjoy life, and that includes my writing, I want it to be something done purely for pleasure. Like today’s post, which is, in part, inspired by David over at Forking Mad writing on the same topic.

And you? What do you find fun or hard about writing?