Human connection is a huge part of the writing toolkit.
In yesterday’s post, I talked about how you have to show up to the page when no one else is there to cheer you on.
It’s to be expected that you will be writing many hours alone. But something I don’t think we talk about enough is the importance of having humans who cheer you on throughout your journey.
I am so grateful for the relationships I have with some fantastic humans. They also happen to be so supportive of my journey. Some are writers, which works perfectly. Some are people I connect with, and we just never left each other.
What’s important here is that there is balance. Yes, a good chunk of the work is done by validating yourself alone at 12 a.m. on a Wednesday when you have to get up in 5 hours. But it’s important to make time for people too.
Years ago, I kept circling solitude and how important it was for a writer, but after thinking about it, I realized we need a lot of both: solitude and connection with other humans. The amount of each is personal. Some may need more solitude, and some may need more human connection, but either way, you need both.
The thing about Writer’s Quest is that it was workshopped with other writers and written over five years during my daily evening writing ritual. This is a handcrafted work of art that took an extraordinary amount of patience and discipline. You get to be part of a project that was developed with a lot of solitude and a moderate amount of connection.
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