Forget the “hero’s journey.” It’s the writer’s journeys that mean something more – and more magical – to other writers like us:
by Sharbari Zohra Ahmed
Virginia Woolf was right: a writer needs an airy room of her own to create and dream. Alas, this room can also become an emotional crawl space in which to hide.
As a writer I have been alone with my stories for a long time. Sometimes it was terrifying because I was starting to wonder if I was going to be alone with these stories forever. However, recently the room started to get comfortable and womb-like.