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This is not to say that you need to love every second of every part of writing to be a good writer, but I find people who dislike the actual act of writing don't usually make good writers.

I think that this is, in part, where the AI stuff comes from--people who like the idea of writing but don't like (or know how to do) the mechanics of writing choose to rely on AI because they see it as handling the mechanics, which they see as the less important part.

But the mechanics are a huge part of it. The plot, the characters, the world, the idea--all of that is important. But writing is also about the paragraphs and the sentences and the words. It's about playing around with wording or sentence structure or phrasing to see what works best. It's about literally writing the sentences--all of the sentences. It's about choosing where the paragraph breaks are, where scenes end, where chapters end.

And if you hate doing the mechanics of it--if you hate putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard or however it is you draft--you will hate writing, and you will come to hate your writing. Because you will resent the actions required to do it. You will hate having to sit down and do the writing, because you hate actually writing.

There's nothing wrong with not enjoying actually writing. You can tell stories in other ways. Record a podcast. Sing. Tell stories to your friends.

Or teach yourself how to enjoy writing. Figure out what parts of it you do like and make those a bigger part of your process. Is text to speech easier? Do that to start. Do you not want chapter breaks for your first draft? That's fine.

date with a pigeon

by madefortherain

WC: 111.2k words (13/16 chapters)

Rating: mature

Summary:

Sometimes, the world is loud for Sirius Black. His friends help. And his art, and rugby. They dull the noise, muffle it to a faint hum. But for two hours every Tuesday, Sirius has his Latin lecture. For two hours every Tuesday, he stares at a boy with soft curls and a crooked nose. And for two hours every Tuesday, the world finally goes quiet.

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'Sexuality Crises (yes more than one)' 'Sirius thinks he's straight for a while just give him a minute' 'Remus Lupin is a loser (affectionate)' 'Sirius is obsessed with him' 'rjl and his slutty hoop earring'

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