I once compared the process of writing as being akin to taking a shit
Show me one way - one way that simile is not apt.
Go on. Dare ya.
— If you force it, you’ll regret it
— Sometimes the need just leaps on you without warning
— When the urge strikes, it consumes your mind beyond reason
— It uses a lot of paper
— It can be amazingly satisfying
— Sometimes you have to sit there for ages and read unrelated material for inspiration
— Sometimes it rends your buttocks in twain leaving you sitting there horrified and wondering what the fuck you have wrought!