On Writing

“It’s fashionable now to object on principle to the idea that writing is hard. Writing isn’t hard, this camp says; working in coal mines is hard. Having a baby is hard. But this is a category error. Writing isn’t hard the way physical labor, or recovery from surgery, is hard; it’s hard the way math or physics is hard, the way chess is hard. What’s hard about art is getting any good — and then getting better. What’s hard is solving problems with infinite solutions and your finite brain.”

— Elisa Gabbert

Via AdviceToWriters

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