Does hard-to-write mean good-to-read?

I've been complaining about doing some hard slow writing. And friends have been raising their hands saying that they've been covertly whining, too. How I love company! Though I wish us all happier days.

I've led or taken part in some writing workshops in which people have read brilliant first drafts,
as if words had been waiting all along. But I'm not that kind of writer. Wrestling has always been involved.

Every time I'm told, or tell myself, go back for another round, I cringe and moan and s...