Any writer who finishes a piece of writing and shares it with someone else has great courage. Is it a holy chore? I think it's like any other endeavour--if you want to be good at it, you've got to sweat a little (or a lot). If you don't like to sweat, that's fine, but don't expect to produce a NY Times best seller. Me? I actually enjoy most aspects of writing. Some days I'm not up to writing new things, and I edit instead. Sometimes I can't bear to edit, and I write instead. Sometimes, I can't face the idea of marketing; other days I could conquer the world. But I work on writing every day. I sweat a lot, but it's not a chore in the sense that I don't want to do it.