Why writing is the toughest job ever

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." - Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway couldn't have put it any better.

I'm sure most writers agree with this statement because that is what we really do, especially when we don't edit our works. It's raw, unabashed and a true reflection of us. Most people, when they read a certain piece, the first question they tend to ask is- "did this happen to you?" 

And all we do is smile. 

Writing is a tough job. It's creative too, and involves a lot of imagination. But there's always an element of truth in it, mostly autobiographical, if you ask me. Whatever we write is in one way or the other "inspired" by our lives. It could be an incident that happened with us interpreted in a completely different way that you won't even realise the story behind it unless we reveal it. Or it could be a friend's secret that you put in a completely different outfit so that you keep it safe in essence but also share it with the world for it may have some important lesson or something beautiful in it. 

 

Writing is not as easy as people think it is.

 

Even the more "un-earthly" works of literature have some truth behind them. Be it JK Rowling's professor inspired the character of Severus Snape or numerous writers being inspired to write after they lost the "love" of their lives. You see, our inspiration is everywhere- family, friends, even a random image etc. 

So you see, when you ask a writer this question, the answer is always YES for it always has some truth and that is the most difficult thing because to keep yourself out there, in front of the whole world and be judged for it. You're baring out your soul in front of the world, a part of you is there for the whole world to see. And that is the most difficult part of all.