A writer lives in many worlds
A writer lives in many worlds. Worlds that come into existence in the stories and many more that never do. Worlds that can be created and destroyed at will. And, then, there are worlds that readers would one day enter. These are usually similar to the ones the writer creates but never exactly the same. It is easy to become confused between the worlds that are being created and the one we call 'real'. Traveling back-and-forth is often excruciating when you've spent too much time in those umpteen worlds - worlds in which only you have lived and no-one else.
Writers are readers. They yearn for others to take them on journeys they’ve never been to. Journeys on which they are not in the driver's seat but rather just looking out of the window. And, for an ardent reader, ending a book is like saying good bye to an old friend. A friend whose words you might remember once in a while and simple day-to-day things might take you back to the time you spent with them. Yet, it’s is all over and will never happen again - you've already said your goodbyes. You may want to read that book again, but you only read a book for the first time once. It will never happen again.