The hard part isn't necessarily the typing, though that is a labor like any other, it's that everything you write, you at least for a moment live through. Moments of great power, good or bad, can leave you overwhelmed - you mentioned that you are a musician, yes? Have you experienced a closer connection to a piece of music through playing it, through channeling it through yourself, than you would have by merely listening to it?
The author's work is the same. Some authors write fluff with no great effect on the reader, or themselves. While this is honorable, some authors sit at their typewriters and bleed.
Of course, the manly thing is to bleed three thousand words rather than five hundred.
Thank you very much for the insightful comment. I would say that you're more or less correct - I have experienced moments of great connection with music, especially during performance. However, isn't it great joy to live through writing, rather than great labor? Isn't realizing one's inner thoughts more fulfilling than anything else?
While writing can indeed produce a profound impact on the writer himself, unless the subject matter is deeply personal to the point of pain, I believe that the joy of self-expression can overcome any suffering.
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