As someone who has written literally millions of words and curated just as many since moving in to 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, since retiring.

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. So, I suppose, in a way, I’ve eliminated the *what things are hard* in that this is now a fun hobby for me.

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