So you want to be a writer. An author. An artist of words. A Lothario of literacy. Well I have a few things to say to all you aspiring bestsellers out there:
Don’t.
Creative writing is a pain of a hobby, even on the best of days. Fiction or poetry, every key-press and pen-stroke is to teeter on the edge of exhaustion. A dead-lift a plate over your limit forcing you to push yourself beyond what you thought capable and the only reward is sweat and soreness.