~Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.~Jessamyn West

For the most part...I could not have said it better myself.  At least pertaining to my own situation.  I tend to be a really solitary person.  I live in my own little world 90% of the time and honestly, prefer it that way.  Writing though, has not yet become and occupation (maybe someday if the literary Gods smile on me) but an obsession.  I LIVE to write.  Somedays it is the only thing that keeps me going. 

There are days when I can sit at my keyboard for hours, my fingers moving quickly and things come to me so easily, and others where I stare at the wall.  The good days...are a mixture of that quote.  When I am on a roll, I hate to be interrupted.  It's just me, my music, and the words in my head.  Interruptions do have a tendancy to make me a bit savage in those cases.  I can go from a quiet form in the corner, spilling out my life's blood in words to a raging inferno in .5 seconds flat. 

It's not that I don't love my family or even the unfortunate friend that breaks the flow.  It's that they have broken the thing that I strived so hard to get in the first place.  Ten minutes of quiet...let alone silence is NOT something that comes often or easily in my house. 

So, yeah...family and friends can become the enemy when you write.  Nothing is worse than knowing you are on a roll only to have it be broken and totally lose your train of thought or the delicious images in your mind...to be told something stupid and unimportant like it is raining.  Or because the cat thinks that the letters going across the screen rapidly are a form of amusement for it.  Hey!  It's not like I was actually TRYING to do anything here!  Just walk across the keyboard...no problem!

There is one exception.  One major inexplicable one...I can't write without my Twin around!  I feel no inspiration when I can't get online and the only way to fix that was to pick up the phone and gab with her.  Still, I would find myself writing a sentence or two only to find myself DESPERATE to know what she thought.  Was it good?  Was I on the right track or was my story quickly turning into a marketable form of drug free sleep aide?  LOL..sounds pathetic, I know!!!  But it is TRUE!  Its almost like I need her stamp of approval on everything I am writing or its meaningless!  Maybe I am just the ultimate feedback whore or *GASP* I really am a PRAG and need someone to hold my hand every step of the way in my literary life! 

I was just wondering if any one else out there has similar experiences.  Do you feel volatile if you are interrupted when you are doing something?  It doesn't have to be writing, just a certain activity when you think by all rights and means...HEAVEN and EARTH should go OUT of their way to accomodate you and leave you BE? Is there one person who is not only immune to that wrath, but welcome to interrupt no matter what?  Who's opinion is almost vital to you being able to continue?

I know many turn to their editors or family for guidance...I think every writer has that one special reader or person in their life who's approval they seek over all others.  The one who will flat out tell you something sucks so you don't make a fool out of yourself by sharing it...who has priceless suggestions and an impartial objective view on your work.  If not, you need to find one...even after the 50 plus corrections and the bald patches when you pull your hair out in frustration trying to find the RIGHT way to go about things

...I think you will still find them a Godsend.