Love, Belonging, and Writing

Is your writing better when you’re more social?

Here’s an interesting question for the day: do you feel that your writing is better when you’re more social?
I know many writers and editors, and I know that many of my friends are introverts. I also know that in today’s technologically-connected world, it’s easy to overlook the importance of personal connections. To find yourself unfilled in the “love and belonging” category that psychologists theorize is an important precursor to creativity.
In today’s connected world, you don’t even have to leave your house to take a class or buy a new book or a new song. You can chat with friends from around the world by instant message and keep up-to-date on everyone’s lives on Facebook. You can learn, engage, talk, and connect without ever stepping foot inside a bar, coffee shop, or restaurant.
Do our technological connections take away from our personal connections?
Is our writing better when we have someone to hold our hand and kiss us good night? Someone to laugh with in person, someone to make eye contact with, someone to smile back when we smile at him?
I know that mine is.
Rachel
What Do You Think: Do you believe that there’s a connection between the quality of your writing and your need for affection? When you’re being more social, do you find more writing opportunities from just being out in the world and experiencing new things?
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