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What do you enjoy about the process of writing?

I really wanted to find out from all you people who actually write stuff what you enjoy about the process. Is there a kind of "writer's high," like a runner's high, where you can get in the zone and just go? Or is it a slow, painstaking process like building a stone wall, but you love the difficulty of it? I burn out quickly when I try to write, not from lack of ideas, but out of frustration about how slow the process is of getting words from my brain, down through my fingers to the paper or screen, so I'd like to know what some of the good, enjoyable parts of writing are that I might be overlooking.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F Best Comment
I love the feeling of accomplishment when it's all done, when I've created something and can release it into the world for other people to read. Sometimes I get that writer's high you mention, when a burst of inspiration triggers an avalanche of ideas that I just need to get down on paper, and it all flows so freely. That's a good feeling too, rare as they are.

Sometimes I get stuck on something, and figuring it out is a reward on its own. It's really everything you've mentioned. It's frustrating, it's irritating, it's boring (especially in editing), and it's tedious. It's hard for my hands to keep up with my mind and that can lead to fatigue and more frustration. Then when you have a good draft and you give it to someone else to read for the first time and get actual feedback, it's a nerve wracking nightmare. You don't know if you're going to get praise, useful feedback, or mocked mercilessly.

But in the end, when you have something that's done, cleaned up, edited, and ready to go... that's what makes it worth all the pain. That feeling of overcoming so many struggles and declaring something done. That's what I live for when I write.

JupiterDreams · 31-35
My reasons might be kind of simple and cliché...

I like getting to know my characters. Letting them venture around the world I've made for them. I like describing their environment, weaving words together to create something pretty or thoughtful.

Once I finish the first draft, I feel accomplished. But working on the second and third draft is stressful, because you might have to delete things you liked (that don't fit in with the story), etc.

So, I enjoy writing because it's what I'm meant to do. But it can be a frustrating job.

 
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