Goodreads asked Ariana Neumann:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Ariana Neumann The poet Ted Hughes said that "writing is about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life". For me the best thing about writing has been becoming more aware of certain details, patterns, threads and being able to process and weave them into coherent stories. Paradoxically perhaps, as observation requires some distance, writing allows me to immerse myself more fully in life. So for me, that's the best thing, together with being able to choose my working hours, my surroundings and not having to explain to anybody the amount of chocolate I consume at my desk.

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