Why is writing so difficult?
It's a worthwhile question to examine.

For example, my first inclination on writing this post was to answer the question with one word.

Because.

And even as I type this sentence I feel how much more I would rather just stop writing than finish this post.

Actually, stopping sounds pretty good.

So I'm just about done

There we go.

Teenage girls need to remember that the movie Mean Girls was a satire, not a how-to guide.
-- John Crandall