You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I went through a phase where I wanted to be a writer... but it's not social enough.
Writing can be a very solitary profession, and when deadlines are looming, it's tempting to glue myself to my desk, but I try to make sure I get out a few times a month with friends just so I don't forget what it means to be social.
Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.
Writing is a lonely profession.
Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.
If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.
And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.
When really writing I'm not a good friend. Because writing disorganizes the social self, you become atomized. It scrambles you, sometimes to the point that I'm incapable of speech. I feel that if I start speaking, I'll lose the writing, like getting off the treadmill.
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.
Writing is an antidote for loneliness.