Joanna Hershon, ST. IVO

Joanna Hershon, ST. IVO

Joanna: You know, no. I would say that I'm definitely an extrovert. I get so much joy from other people. I'm collaborative by nature, super social, but I have chosen this life of -- I was acting, but I always wrote my whole life. I've always written stories. I have chosen this life in which I'm alone a lot. It's very isolating work. I'm fascinated by my own choices because I do feel like I'm an extrovert and I do feel like I need that time totally alone with my own thoughts. So I don't know. My guess is that a lot of writers are like that. There's this image of the writer as an introvert and kind of socially awkward and not able to socialize. Surely, there are many introverted writers. I also feel like it's that contradiction. I certainly see it in other writers. I need both.