In a classic book for creatives, ‘The Artist’s Way’, Julia Cameron wrote: “Shadow artists often choose shadow careers – those close to the desired art, even parallel to it, but not the art itself.”

Perhaps that is what I am, a shadow writer. I think of it like this: until I publish my first bestseller, I get to practice storylines for my clients. Because however advanced the algorithms become, in the end, people will want to read human stories.