Reasons Why Being an Author is Hard

I am a aspiring author and absolutely love doing it, but there are time where I just want to through my pen and paper or laptop at the wall. These are some of the reasons why.
The Top Ten
1 Consistent Lack of Faith in Yourself

I've always felt consistent with my writing and ideas. Never doubted myself. I kind of was too prideful in some cases. There's a balance you need to access.

This will come with any artistic career or hobbies.

2 Not Much Money Comes Out of It

Nowadays, most people don't even read books anymore. It's all online, People own tablets and download books from there, etc.

A truly passionate writer will write for the love of writing and not for how much money can be made from it.
Money shouldn't be used as a incentive to write. At least not the main incentive.

Unless you're extremely lucky, you won't get rich of of writing and it can take many years to do so.

3 People Don't Think It's Hard
4 You are Gifted (Cursed) with a Critical Eye

Everything you read, watch, or listen to will have new meaning when become more involved in the writing community.

I've always been a critic, with or without writing.

5 You Sort of Have to Communicate with People to Sell.

There are ways around this, but to have the most successful experience you will need to communicate with strangers. That can be hard for people who would rather be alone and secluded.

6 You Have to Sacrifice a Lot of Time
7 People May Not Believe in You
8 You Could Damage Relationships
9 A Possible Slow Decent Into Madness
10 Writer's Block

Doesn't really get me anymore.

The Contenders
11 Nearly Everything Has Been Done

Finding that niche is extremely difficult. You need an edge.

12 The Feeling that Nobody Understands You
13 Thinking up interesting plots
14 Writers Cramps
15 The Solitude
16 Executive Meddling
17 Plagiarism Accusations
18 The Industry Is Going Downhill

Demand for books is shrinking, so your job can be in jeopardy

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