I hear this a lot: “I want to write. I need to write, but it’s so hard. I hate it.”

Boohoo! A lot of things in life are hard but we still need to do them.

“But but but…shouldn’t we only do things we love? I read this book one time that said I need to follow my passion and only do things I absolutely love.”

That’s nice.

But it’s time to accept reality. Fight against reality and you’ll lose. Every time.

The reality is there are things you need to do to move your life (business/website/book project) forward. Writing is one of those things.

And, again, it’s hard. I have been a writer for over eight years and I still whine and squirm and make twisted faces sometimes when I sit to write.

Now that we agree on the tedium and mental anguish of writing consistently,  here’s how you can minimize the pain and build a writing practice, anyway.