writing is...
Oct. 1st, 2007 01:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kassidy62one big long communication, from author to reader. Funny how lonely it can make you feel.
I don't think it's the actual act of doing it that's lonesome. Maybe the one-sided nature of it, maybe like talking to your teenager about something hugely important (to you at least), and in the end not knowing how much he/she listened/cared/thought.
Of course, some authors get lots of letters that let them know what the reader thought--more than they can respond to, practically speaking.
Wonder if that's more stressful?
I don't think it's the actual act of doing it that's lonesome. Maybe the one-sided nature of it, maybe like talking to your teenager about something hugely important (to you at least), and in the end not knowing how much he/she listened/cared/thought.
Of course, some authors get lots of letters that let them know what the reader thought--more than they can respond to, practically speaking.
Wonder if that's more stressful?