Goodreads asked Laura Catherine Brown:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Laura Catherine Brown For me, nothing is better than meeting other writers, both personally and through reading their work. It’s through being a writer that I’ve met other artists and creatives in all fields. If I were not a writer, I would never have experienced the magic of a residency, where you get a studio to work in and meals are provided and there are painters and poets and composers and sculptors and choreographers and playwrights and fiction writers and multi-media artists, all engaging with their own work. Another best thing about being a writer is that nothing is wasted. No matter what happens: tragedy or triumph, grief or joy, conflict or harmony, separation or reunion, you can write about it. Writing gives purpose to my life, making form out of chaos.

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