Are you having fun?

For the most part it's fun. But, for some of it (well, a lot of it), it's elbow grease and while it's better than mowing the yard, some of it IS work and that work needs to get done. The payoff during the "rad" moments, however, make it all worthwhile.

Fun enough to make me feel constant guilt for others. But still fun.

Yep, fun. Loads of. I'm lucky to be doing a job I love. Deadlines are hard work, frustrating, back breaking, but.... *sighs* I'm content(ish)

Having an incredible amount of book-love at the moment. I made a plot discovery and it's just fitting seamlessly into my theme. I'm so happy, I'm going to stop work for the day in case I break it.

I had more fun than a barrel of monkeys this morning.
I finished my novella 48,454 words . . . yay!!

Heh, this question reminds me of people who think that once they find "Their One True Love" all struggle will cease and there will be no strife or work involved in maintaining the relationship.
But writing is a lot like a real marriage: some days are wonderful! Some days you can't imagine why you married your spouse at all. As long as the good outweighs the bad, it's worth doing and remarkably rewarding. Some days are just going to be hard work.

When I'm focusing on the craft of writing? Hell yes.

When I'm focusing on the business of writing? Hell no.

Unfortunately, worrying about the latter too much puts a damper on the former.

I have fun the most when I'm writing action scenes, or that crucial scene that ties everything together. As for when I'm not, well, I push through those times to get to the fun writing again.

The most fun I have when writing is when I hit the right stride. It's that point where I'm no longer thinking in words or paragraphs, but I'm seeing how the scene is supposed to be playing out and I'm practically transcribing it instead. Often, I really get into it when this happens - I start pacing around my house talking to myself in my characters' voices, for instance.

And then it gets downright surreal when I'm writing an action scene.

I feel like a terrible writer, but no, I am not having fun. I am usually not having "fun" until the novel is finished. I like brainstorming, outlining, and finishing a book. But everything in between? I'll need a drink for that.

It's "fun", yes. In an enjoyable kind of way that's difficult to explain. I enjoy the technical writing at my job as much as I enjoy my fiction writing. But it can be an awful lot of work too. Scanning lines looking for errors until my eyes feel like they're going to bleed isn't fun. But creating usable forms, documents, databases, spreadsheets, transforming raw data into useful documents, creating characters who come alive for me and a reader on the page? There's enjoyment and a deep sense of accomplishment in that.

Seeing my work being read and enjoyed by others? There's enjoyment there too. Getting paid to write? Oh, yeah - that's a whole lot of fun.

Chasing the Horizon said:

Usually I'm having fun. Certainly writing is one of my favorite things in the world to do when it's going well.

Then there's editing. Which I guess is where the 'work' part of this deal comes in.

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This. I'm having fun until I actually have to start thinking about what I just wrote.

To paraphrase what some more gifted among us have said...

The craft and creativity are fun and rewarding in ways that may defy adequate description. However, for those of us who esteem privacy and loath self-promotion, the agent chase and the publishing game can be utterly distasteful and disheartening.

This tends to surprise those - especially among non-writers - who think money is the answer to everything.