The First Noble Truth of the Writer’s Life

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Writing is, if not suffering, then it is at least often really really hard. -MOBUS

I belong to a lot of writing groups on Facebook. I see over and over questions from, “What does it take to be a real writer?” Or, “If I write X novel do you think people will read it?” And my personal favorite, “I’ve written the first five sentences to my totally original Teenage Vampire Slayer and Wizard…