Writers struggle with the physical act of writing unlike other professionals.

Evidence

That said, why is the act of writing, the moment-by-moment compression of the keys, so dreaded by so many writers? Why do they have to interpose opium, or alcohol, or some other stimulant or sedative, before they can perform their trade’s basic function? You don’t hear of accountants who can’t open a spreadsheet, or farmers who take against fields. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 43

Categorization

• XREF: XREF: connects to the mystery of creative aversion and the psychological weight of the blank page. — connects to: Cinema cannot portray the real unglamorous creative process of writers — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 320; Fiction multiplies ambiguity and is written with the wrong, hesitant hand — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 17
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 43

Broader Connections

• Cinema cannot portray the real unglamorous creative process of writers #corroborates (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 320