In the latest edition of the RWR, Patricia Kay says,
“Don’t let writing take over your life. Someone who only thinks about writing, who talks about nothing else, who gives up all other hobbies and interests, who has no other friends but writers, and (most important!) who neglects her health, her family, her non-writing friends, and her spiritual life, is boring.”
The above description has been me all through 2005. I’ve found myself sitting here writing from when I get up until I go to bed, with only short breaks here and there. I’m not complaining, because I enjoy writing. And I know I’m not the only one.
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way you would never do anything.
John Irving
Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task — such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping — I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something. - Isaac Asimov
Writing is a lonely life, but the only life worth living. - Gustave Flauber
When I don’t write, I feel my world shrink. I lose my fire, my color. - Anais Nin
Writing is the only thing that … when I’m doing it, I don’t feel that I should be doing something else instead. - Gloria Steinem
I do admit, that sometimes I feel weird for spending so much time at my desk. I mean life is going on out there, and I’m living most of my life in fictional worlds. I wonder if that’s normal, or healthy. I guess I’m hoping that it’s normal and healthy for writers, even though it isn’t for non-writers. :shifty:
