Writing is hard. Not coal-mining hard, but emotionally taxing, mentally draining, occasionally soul-wilting. Some days you’ll wonder why you bother. Some days the words won’t flow. Some days you’ll reread a paragraph and question every decision you’ve ever made.
But here’s why you keep going: because you have stories to tell. Because the world needs them. Because writing, frustrating as it is, it brings you joy, purpose, escape, or meaning.
No one can write the stories inside you. No one else has your voice.
So keep going. Keep writing badly, brilliantly, inconsistently, enthusiastically, dramatically, just keep writing.
You’ve already come farther than you think. And the next chapter might surprise you.
You never know, you may publish something you’re proud of…
Happy New Year!
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