This is just something I'm noticing recently (not necessarily on Mythic Scribes, but elsewhere), but I'm finding that a lot of writers seem completely miserable with what they're doing. I can't quite understand doing something that makes you miserable every day you do it (except working, because, you know, money). However, is the misery of writing, or not writing, actually needed?
I'm just curious because I don't really use writing for cathartic reasons anymore. When I was a teenager or in my twenties I used my writing to express emotions I was feeling. Now I do writing because it's fun and I like doing it. Not to say I am detached emotionally from my writing, because I'm not, but it's just a different feeling nowadays.
I've heard of people suffering for their art, but is it completely necessary?
I'm just curious because I don't really use writing for cathartic reasons anymore. When I was a teenager or in my twenties I used my writing to express emotions I was feeling. Now I do writing because it's fun and I like doing it. Not to say I am detached emotionally from my writing, because I'm not, but it's just a different feeling nowadays.
I've heard of people suffering for their art, but is it completely necessary?