If you’ve stopped by this blog recently, you’ll remember that I’m currently under a self-imposed deadline to finish the revision of my Young Adult (YA) novel.  Now, I admit that I tend to get a little punchy at this stage of a long-haul. But no, I haven’t gone completely around the bend. Yet.

“There’s no crying in baseball” scene from A League of Their Own

8 reasons why writing is like baseball

1. Writers are in a League of Their Own.
2. The publication process is a team effort — writer, critique partners, agent, editors, graphic designers.
3. It’s an American (and a whole lot of other cultures too) dream — seeing something we’ve written in print.
4. Personal history (backstory) affects baseball players as much as it does our characters. Take the players’ personal issues in Bull Durham that stop the game with a prolonged huddle on the pitcher’s mound.
5. You need a tough hide to survive the slides. Rejection isn’t pretty. Or easy. Ever. And it’s part of the process.
   
6. You’ve gotta have heart to make it in the industry. An entire song in Damn Yankees can’t be wrong.
7. Shoes are optional. Shoeless Joe Jackson set the precedent there. Would Damn Yankees  (Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo) lie? I don’t think so!
8. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes it rains. But it’s fun, goddamit!

I write because the “hard” is what makes it Great!

What about you? Why do you write?