Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.
Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.
Writing requires an intense inner focus, and sometimes you need to express outward, physically or socially.
Writing is a lonely business.
People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.
There aren't many shy writers left.