WRITING: Writing often FEELS like therapy, because your fuel is emotions and memories and hypotheticals. And absolutely, what worries you or haunts you will always be a fruitful place for creative work, becau (...)

Is writing a form of personal therapy? Are internal conflicts a creative force?

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Writing often FEELS like therapy, because your fuel is emotions and memories and hypotheticals. And absolutely, what worries you or haunts you will always be a fruitful place for creative work, because writing lets you explore your fears and hatreds in a safe, solitary space. But ultimately, you have to stick to your characters and where they're going, what they're doing to get from one place to another. If you stick to your story, the emotions will come.