I am in the middle of getting my first novel sorted out and you know I thought that it might be really hard.
But i have found that there is something much more relaxing about it. Knowing that there you have spent ages on this one idea just expanding and expanding again and again. You feel something like acumplishment when you give it to and editor or adviser in my case. You feel like you have really done something with your life other than just sticking to the same broring life with the 9-5 job.
My friend told me this 'Writing is an act of hope' and i agree with her. She got it from Jack Heffron.
If I am going to give any advice then please read this.
No matter what you do with your life always remember never be afraid to put something down that is in your head. Dont be scared of the writer inside of you.