The Loneliness of the Writer

Writing is a solitary occupation, and one of its hazards is loneliness. –Joyce Carol Oates

Some of the best times of a writer’s life come with long hours of uninterrupted work, a story unspooling before you on the computer screen, becoming one with the characters, the words flowing freely. But then the writing day comes to an end and you look up from your work, feeling strange, disconnected. As if you didn’t know where you belong.