The Toil of Creativity

I may write more on this topic later, but for now I'd like to simply observe how much toil and (some might say) drudgery goes into finishing a creative endeavor. You get this great idea, you work on it and are driven by your intensity and then, suddenly, the creative part grinds to a halt. It is at this point that refinement, editing and finishing kicks in. Once all the creative processes are complete, you still have (in my case) spell lists to write out and format and re-format, summaries to write, indexes to assemble, tables to assemble and read through's for editing spelling, grammar and consistency. It's not a complaint, not really, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into finishing a creative project, whether you're doing it all yourself or working as part of a larger team within an established company.