Goodreads asked Leah Ferguson:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Leah Ferguson I don't usually think of being a writer as a good thing, actually! Because when I think about writing, I think about how I feel when I'm in the zone and the real world becomes an annoying distraction. Or how when I"m *not* writing I become the biggest grump you'd care to never meet. But when it comes to the best thing about it...I don't have a quick answer for you. Because it's all-consuming. It's sort of who I am--oh, so there's my answer, actually. Being a writer allows me to be the truest form of me I can be. I can't hide behind the words that come out of my head. I love that an idea can start brewing in my head and just flow out onto the laptop or notebook. And I love that many times, the words that I put on paper are ones that other people can closely identify with. So I guess that's it: the best part of being a writer is knowing that I'm not alone--that I can make others (and myself) realize that we're more alike than we think. I kind of like that feeling.

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