I just love that he understands that about writers. The solitude necessary and how difficult that can be. And that he calls it an art form.
Sometimes, I think people don't see it that way. That writing is an art. Maybe they think - how hard can it be, it's just words on a screen or on paper. Big deal.
They may not understand that it's very much like slitting your wrists and using your own blood to write 'just words'. You have to put everything into it - Your mind, heart and soul. You have to find the right words to convey those things and it seems like no words are good enough.
Sometimes you're just plain terrified to give that much access to yourself, to be that raw for others to read. The words we end up deciding to use, that is what gives the reader a direct connection to our psyche.
We find words that best convey the thought or emotion and then we string them together to say - this is how I think. This is how I feel. This is me.
Nobody else is going to write our thought or emotion like we ourselves do. It's a very personal and unique thing.
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