It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.
There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.
It's really easy to do sad; you just put on some sad music and write dramatically - everybody can do that.
I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
Writing makes you feel better, to get it all out.
I can't not write, if I don't then I get really depressed.
Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.
To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not able to do anything.
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
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