this was a fucking amazing manifesto the definitely explicates the way that. all the best writers and game devs are fucking perverts that are making shit for "yourself, your dick, and your six friends"
my friend linked me this essay after I vented a bit abt the subject here: https://lordofnothing.com/my-issues-with-the-indie-dev-scene/
but you put it fabulously well: the best writers are perverts, and if you're swamped in too much insecurity to accept your own perversions, then you'll never make good art