Writing has always had that tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.
I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.
When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience.
Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.
My feeling is that writing is, for me, a pathological condition. That could sound like a mystical experience, and it may be a mystical experience, but I have learnt just to go with it.
Writing doesn't come easily to me. It gets more and more difficult.
It's always struck me as unfair that writing has so little sensation when it's going well.
At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.
I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.