Alone - or all one? Sherry Ashworth
The best part about being a writer is the act of writing itself. And also getting feedback from readers. Oh, and research – especially if it involves travelling and food. And using writing to help you make sense of the world and if possible, to change it for the better. Which can simply mean entertaining people. The downside to being a writer – (I am shouting now) ISOLATION!!! First, you actually have to be alone to write. To be fair, not always - Charles Maturin, author of the wonderful Gothic novel MELMOTH THE WANDERER wrote standing up at a lectern surrounded by his family going about its daily business. But I can’t do that. And writers don’t have a workplace – no colleagues to hang out with at the watercooler. Isolation also breeds neurosis. Is my stuff any good? Is someone else’s stuff better than mine?...