How consuming do you find writing?

[Honeybooboo123]

Currently in the middle of a writing project and feel like I'm living two lives - my reality and the plot I'm writing. Keep running off to scribble stuff down before i forget it or sneaking off for a bit of private writing time.

Is this normal?

Perfectly normal.

I have to force myself to live presently and in real life.

Yep me too. I love it. It allows me to really get inside my characters heads.

Normal. I'd happily stay in the book world sometimes and get very annoyed when real life, work etc get in the way. I think this is why most writers dedicate their first books to their partners. We must be hell to live with.