On writers’ festivals Art by Vivienne Guo. The writer is a creature that comes in many forms. The intensive writer can often be found hunched over a laptop, a cold mug of tea sitting beside them in a semi-forgotten state. The experiential writer embeds themselves in the action of society, carefully balancing a notepad on their knee and deftly typing notes into their mobile phone – all the while on a moving train. Not to be forgotten, the maniacal writer can most often be seen emerging from a sea of Red Bull cans in a frenzy, inveterately scribbling their ideas on oversized sticky-notes.