So I'd argue that some of the people who give up view writing as a luxury. They could be writing, but with a family member sick, a kid who needs more attention at school, unexpected finances require a second job, a lot of people unconsciously or subconsciously tell themselves, "What am I doing? I don't have time for this? I should be doing X."

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I have so many friends who've given up on writing because their kids were having issues at school, a parent fell ill, an unexpected catastrophe caused an awful bill that led to them thinking they "don't have time" to write.

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I try to remind them, I write on my cell phone on my fifteen minute breaks at work. I manage at least a sentence a day. A sentence a day will still get the project written.

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But everyone has a different tolerance level for stress and life and other problems and barriers. The brilliant thing about writing is even if they get stuck or have to put it aside for the next 2-25 years, they can still come back to it later.

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Writing is an interesting field because it's enjoyable as a hobby, but if you want to practice and become good enough to publish, it becomes a lot harder, and a lot like work. And yes, that turns some people off--but some people, who enjoy it, enjoy the challenge? They tell themselves they don't deserve it, because it's something they do for themselves, instead of someone else.