Fitzgerald.  Dickinson.  Twain.  Dostoyevsky.  Plath.  Hemingway. Writers have tortured souls and these are some of the greats.  It’s the force behind a writer sitting down to spew out words on paper.   Pain begets literary brilliance.  A good story typically follows the twelve steps of the writer’s journey beginning in the ordinary world, calls to adventure, … More I Am.