Why Being a Voyeur is Great for Creative Writing

Take a seat at the peep show of life and maximize your powers of observation

The Bather by Jasmine Cederqvist, from Scene of Anthropocene: Traces of Humanity — Photo by Beth Riungu

To be a writer is to be on the periphery, an observer of actors and action; the collector and curator of experiences that are rarely yours alone. It’s a solitary, strangely invasive pursuit and it doesn’t suit everyone.