Lately, more than ever, I\u2019ve been thinking about a quote by the late, great playwright Sam Shepard: \u201cAloneness is a condition of writing. You look at all the writers that have come up with something worth its own salt, and they\u2019re utterly alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAloneness is a condition of writing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve come not just to accept, but to fully embrace, this truth of the writing life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, instead of being depressed by my feelings of being \u201cutterly alone,\u201d I view these feelings as my North Star: If I\u2019m alone, I must be doing something right; I must be on my way to writing something great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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