The isolated writer
Writers certainly need solitude and we have to resign
ourselves to being alone quite often. In addition we have to have a unique
voice and contribute something to our world something that no one else can. Inevitably
we work alone.
I’m also an academic and there is an echo of this there. I’m
working in my office alone today. None of my immediate colleagues are in the
building and even if they were we may not see each other.
Daily I spend between six and ten hours working alone.
