No, not particularly what I'm looking for, but it's probably to do with my own personality traits rather than any universal truth... You make a valid point. B

No, not particularly what I'm looking for, but it's probably to do with my own personality traits rather than any universal truth... You make a valid point. But the thing about human desires is that, typically, you want to fulfill all of them, and you can easily satisfy the need for creativeness by working on a book solo for a couple of hours, then satisfy the need to socialize by helping your significant other out cooking a meal and raising a child. To speculate a bit further: I would suppose that lack-of-creative-outlet is more likely to be unmet as a basic human desire in most people than lack-of-socializing, although I do grant that loneliness is on the rise. And, last but not least, if the goal of writing the novel is to write a good novel, there's an argument to be made that creative endeavor is what it's actually about.