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"I think that some place like Yaddo or the MacDowell Colony would really depress me, because you couldn't go shopping. There'd just be no reward at the end of the day; there'd be no fun thing that you do."
-Elizabeth Wurtzel explains how writing actually does work. (You may want to sub in "porn" or "videogames" but sure.) (via)
I cannot speak for Ms. Wurtzel, but hello, drink? I'm pretty sure Yaddo isn't dry.
You can shop in Peterborough! Ocean State Job Lot is open till 9. And then you can go get trashed at Harlow's. She doesn't know what she's talking about.
Totally.
I found a Manhattan on the leather couch by the huge fire was fun enough.
I haven't been to either of those places, but I've been to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, where one runs into some outrageously interesting people.
In a word, meh.
I have a friend who went to Yaddo. According to her, everyone there drinks and fucks like it's spring break. Surely, Elizabeth finds these two activities as fun as the rest of us do.
You don't "sub in" porn or videogames. Everything else is the sub.
You can fuck hot, smart, fairly flexible youngish men, you don't have to shop.