Writing is a curse?

I was reading on the Vibewire Forums that a few vibies are partaking in something called the National Novel Writing Month. Very very ambitious. 50 000 words in one month!! The emphasis is on quantity, not quality. But for someone like myself (a recovering perfectionist), I still cringe at just about everything I write. And I am, emphatically, not a bona fide writer, I much prefer reading. The only sort of pieces I'm happy to write are fluffy pieces of crap because:

1. there's no real need for objectivity (or even to operate under a guise of such ;) )
2. I can harangue!! hehe (Like I do here: Who is Monitoring the Multinational?

However, to write a novel! What a feat and imagine a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel! :) I couldn't do it. Particularly, you know, my ideas for a novel would mean writing something that is personal, something that would resonate emotionally. I also don't have the inspiration to write for an audience, I think, I'll just stick to writing for myself. It’s always a struggle to capture the intent, the passion, the imagery, the nature of thoughts. I curse those born with a natural mastery of language and its subtleties.

Speaking of novels, I spent this morning re-reading Bridget Jones': The Edge of Reason in my backyard and ridiculously laughing my head off at her predicaments. It's not that I completely identify with Bridget (she's a bit too neurotic) but I think she's a terribly likeable protagonist (in the same league as Liz Bennett). I do see parts of myself in her though eg. making an arse of myself in public, being terribly inarticulate in the most inopportune moments, indulging in food in times of desperation ;).

Anyway, there is a fatal fatal mistake in that book. There's no possible way that Darcy could ever vote Tory!! It's about as probable as my joining the Liberal Party tomorrow. I mean it, he's a human rights lawyer goddamnit!

By the way, Johnny Warren died today. Very sad. He did great things for soccer in this country. Good man. RIP.