Is writing supposed to be lonely?

Is writing a solo endeavor? Read this post, then leave a comment to join this dialogue. (Today's writing prompt is at the bottom of the post.)

I stare at a screen alone as I write, but passages and scenes from others' novels and poems and stories dance before my eyes as I type.

I am technically the only one who types each word, each phrase, each passage, both carefully and sloppily, but they are the same words used by many before me and will be the same words used by many who come after me. Alb…