Hi
I am writing a novel but it is based on something bad that happened to me - some of it is almost a memoir and the content is quite heavy and emotive. But I find it very therapeutic and I have discovered that I prefer to spend my free time with it rather than being with friends. Given the choice, I'd rather spend time alone in a coffee shop writing my book than spend time talking to a friend but then I see groups of women in the coffee shop and think I have become rather strange. Perhaps you could say my friends aren't all that good then if I don't rush out to see them. I do make a bit of time for them but my writing comes first and I am spending endless hours editing my first draft.
Has anyone else found that they have become quite insular since writing? I know it would be good to get this book out of my system and get on with other things and I have got plans to write about some more light hearted things, I'm just amazed how I've become so into writing. Perhaps I am someone who finds it easier to put things down on paper than express them in words. I have received therapy incidentally so I have spoken about the issues I write about. Just wondered if anyone can relate?
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monkeytree · 05/04/2017 12:37
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