What Do You Think About Writing? Does It Come Easy To You Or Do You Struggle?

I love to write as well, I like being able to put my thoughts to life. I have had this love for as long as I can remember. I really started writing when I was in my teens in the form of journals and poetry. My favortie classes in school were always reading and writing. I have always wanted to write some sort of book, but really have no idea how a person would even start one. I belong to poetry.com and have some poems that have been published from them. I was and still am so excited that I was introduced to this site, it really plays into my love of writing and reading.It really is a passion of mine that I have not indulged much these past few years. Now I can, what fun!

Hi SassyKittyKat, I love to write also although sometimes I suffer from writer's block. I just lost my husband 7 weeks ago and want to write something about life's passages, how we go from one life to another etc. I have several pent up ideas. I just need to bring them together. Hope to hear from you, cdejac

For me, it depends what I'm writing about. If I'm writing about something that I enjoy, it usually comes easy to me. However, if I'm writing a paper for school it is usually the hardest thing for me and I hate every minute of it. I don't write a diary or journal or anything to do with my feelings. I like writing articles and writing up things for animal rescue groups as well. I don't think writing makes me feel any better really. My therapy would probably have to be music. Especially the harmonica. Which I am quite sad that I cannot play right now since I am still getting over pneumonia.

Same here. But to answer your question, writing comes a little hard for me. What I love is writing short stories. In college, I wrote alot because I took fiction writing courses. I even submitted a couple but didn't get published. I got out of it for a long while but recently I got the urge again. I decided, just to get the feel of writing again I would write a sequel to one of my stories bewfore trying to come up with a new one. I got stuck. It seemed to be going ok and at one point I didn't know where to go and I didn't finish it. Also, before that happened, after a scene, I would get that ole writer's block and sit at the table for a half hour before suddenly getting an idea and going on. So far I havn't started up again but I think I will soon.

I also love to write but its very difficult for me to write. I am able to write my feelings but in other topics its difficult.

I find it really hard to write. I can come up with topics only when I am about to go to bed, other then that I find it hard to get into the groove and write about a specific topic. I am trying this site out so I can get to the place that your at, getting whats in my head out in a creative way.

I have never been a fiction writer. I don't have the imagination or patience for it. I prefer to write about current events or problems in life. Writing about them comes natural to me now, but at first, it was hard to get the words to come out. I would sit for half an hour or more and just stare at the blank paper with a pen in my hand. I overcame this problem over time with the help of a suggestion given to me by a college professor. She suggested keeping a journal from day to day. Simply writing about the things I did or encountered each day helped to solve the problem of not knowing how to start writing about the things I wanted to write about. I found out that the most important thing is to start putting words on paper. Just write what you are thinking without wondering what other people who may read it will think about it. I feel this is the main issue with young writers...they fear that someone will judge them for what they write, so they choose not to write for fear of rejection. While this is something they will have to learn to deal with on a personal level, overcoming the difficulties with the writing process is something that can be learned. So, if you are having difficulties when you try to write about something, it may benefit you to start keeping a journal. I recommend getting back to basics. Get a notebook and a pen, and start out the old-fashioned way. This is what worked for me...