Writing is not fun

If you ask any writer, for the most part, what the best part of writing is, it's completing a piece and starting it. The blinking cursor provides enough excitement over the promise of a new start and that final dot, releases a rush of dopamine no other substance on earth matches. The middle part.... the part that makes you question why anyone in their right minds would pick "writing" as a career... that part is where the most work happens and where the most self-loathing kicks in.

The part I like is the coming up with new ideas part, the rest, I always say "This time, I've figured everything out, planned everything, it will be fun", but always end up wanting to murder anyone that asks me "so, how's the script coming alone?" WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME? DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR TIME? It's also where I find a new appreciation for coffee and sugar, at least at the end of the day, I've had those two to help me wallow in my own misery.

So, when I accept a new job, I'm always puzzled by how much I've had to negotiate a respectable pay for my work. They always say ""It's just writing, I could do it if I wanted... I just don't have the time". To which I'm tempted to say "Then why don't you?" and walk away.

Listen, writing is not fun. I'm telling you, just pick any other career if you don't have the courage to listen to your own voice and be critical of it without wallowing in misery. Have I mastered this skill? Probably, not yet. Will I change careers? also probably, no.

This is to say, if you're thinking of becoming a writer (of any kind) it's kind of like going to the gym, you won't notice your progress and you keep trying till you see it.

Or not.

Anyway, I nave a script to finish. (if you're curious, yes, I got people excited over an idea I had and now they want me to do it. Who would've thunk?)