I will make this short.

If you want to be a writer, if you are a writer, if you're thinking about wanting to be a writer...

You will get depressed.

Very, very, very depressed.

It is easy to think about being depressed. It's another thing to be depressed.

It's romantic to imagine the darkness of the creative soul. It's actually very difficult.

And hollow.

And sad.

And lonely.

And real.

You will get depressed.

Expect it.

Keep writing.