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It goes to show that for how much we mythologize the lifestyles of 20th century writers, their lives weren’t necessarily healthy ones.
by tinkelenberg 11mo ago
It goes to show that for how much we mythologize the lifestyles of 20th century writers, their lives weren’t necessarily healthy ones.
- NoiseBert69 11mo agoSitting in front of a computer all day long isn't healthy either.
- tinkelenberg 11mo agoDefinitely not. That said, sitting in front of a typewriter was probably the healthiest thing some of these people did. Writing is an isolating profession, and its demons compound when you introduce other vices.
- thinkingemote 11mo agoYes, I think we can sum it up as "Never meet your heroes". We tend to build an inaccurate image of those we look up to personally and the culture also builds a kind of communal shared false image for (probably all) popular figures like writers.