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Good observation. Writing lore romanticizes dysfunctional writers,fashioning them into martyrs of the craft. But among famous writers, plenty were well adjusted
by supersrdjan 6y ago
Good observation. Writing lore romanticizes dysfunctional writers,fashioning them into martyrs of the craft. But among famous writers, plenty were well adjusted people. A book called "how writers journey to comfort and fluency" is a great treatment of the subject.
- watwut 6y agoThe same goes for software development where dysfunctional behavior is romanticized. Or gaming where the more dysfunctional you are the cooler you are. It is just something about our culture that romanticize dysfunction when from afar.