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Question: As a writer what do you consider the hardest thing to do!?
Well!.!.!. what I am trying to ask is: What's the hardest thing to do while you are writing!? Do you have a hard time finishing or do your ideas jump around so much it's hard to just stay focused on just one story!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Let's see!.!.!. I find it extremely difficult to continue on just one thing!. My mind jumps from subject to subject!. I sometimes can go non stop but I guess I just lose interest and do something new!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I find it the hardest to get started!. I always have the ideas and I can re play different scenes I plan of writing in my head, but whenever it comes down to it, it takes me a while to get it written down!. Sometimes I just don't know where to start and other times I keep starting over, because it doesn't feel good enough for me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My trouble is getting time and inspiration to coincide!. As of late it's been a bit easier because I'm finally closing in on my first significant work!. I like to run a few stories together (in this case two) it makes it a little easier to get down to writing because if you aren't "feeling" one story thread you can sometimes feel the other!. that's just me though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I find two things hard!. The first is making something entirely original!. I write with a thematic structure, so for the message to be effective it has to be something people are at least not used to hearing, or something they are used to hearing but shown in a new light!. People only learn things worth being taught!.
The second is following through till the end!. I can't ever seem to write anything large!.
Luckily I mainly write surrealist poetry so these two things aren't as much of a problem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, to be honest, I have a lot of unfinished works, due to loss of interest and determination!. It takes a very self-disciplined person to find the tenacity to git 'er done!Www@QuestionHome@Com

to not emulate another writer!.

many beginner writers always imitate their favorite writer!.

its difficult to conceive their own style of writing and make it unique!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

By far, the hardest aspect of writing is the typing!.
My tales are much better told before I decide it's time to type them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I start fast and then get bogged down!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Knowing when to stop!.Www@QuestionHome@Com