If Writing is so Exhausting (and it is), Why Do I Continue to Write?

Leann Zotis
Nov 3 · 4 min read

Sometimes my brain just runs out of gas.

Photo by Daniel Mingook Kim on Unsplash

I’ve been inclined to put words on paper or on a computer screen since I first learned how to string a sentence together. I always thought it was fun — and challenging. I had occasional success with unpaid publication in school newspapers. I even published in our city newspaper a few times (again, for glory…

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Leann Zotis

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Writer in Live Your Life on Purpose, Great Writing Tips, Fat Daddy’s Farm and The Startup Author of six ebooks on Amazon. vital2women@gmail.com

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