You know you’re a writer when:
-The hubby smashes his finger with a ten-pound hammer and all
you can think about on the trip to the ER is how to put the screaming in a
scene
-Poor grammar in famous books drives you nuts
-Reading for pleasure morphs into reading for stylistic
ideas
-You talk to the voices in your head
-And they answer
-Interruptions from spouse/kids/phone/fire in the kitchen tee
you off
-You've been writing since 5 am and are shocked when you
realize the sun is up and it is lunchtime
-When the voices wake you in the middle of the night, the scrawl you made on the phone book by the bed needs translated
-Scribbling a chapter ending without taking your eyes
off the road while driving actually makes sense.
-Human behavior in a mall is prime fodder for your wip
-People are suspicious when you stare at them in a mall
-Meals are a distraction and entirely voluntary
-Caffeine is your boon companion
-Chocolate is mandatory to complete tough scenes
-The family grows to expect non-verbal responses when you are
writing
-Pen and writing material are close by at all times
-Post-its, paper napkins, used envelopes, and magazine covers
are acceptable writing material
Ha ha! Your poor hubby. Did you figure out a way to include it in your writing?
ReplyDeleteI had a similar experience this week. Not with a hammer, but with an infection. The grossness of it all really needed to be put into words to purge it from my mind. All I kept thinking was, "the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house. MY house!"
Yep, but I didn't tell him. Not sure if he'd approve, HA.
DeleteI swear, zombies are pulling me into their world slowly but surely. What a development this is!
Hey, isn't that an R. Crumb illustration? Anyone who digs Crumb is weird enough for me!
ReplyDeleteIt's a seventies thing! Keep On Truckin'
DeleteMy high school/college years, band, and Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda Davita.
Yay, for the Seventies!
You accidentally leave out the "passive voice" in your blog posts or e-mails.
ReplyDeleteAccidentally? How about 'highly aware of' to the point of total freezing up on personal emails to brothers or nieces who don't know or care what a 'to be' verb is?
DeleteLOL This is so me, too! Great post!
ReplyDeleteOkay, way to many of these are true for me. ;) This was great.
ReplyDelete*too (Good grief!)
ReplyDeleteI missed a few 'signs':
DeleteYou know you're a writer when...people who you've never met become some of you best friends ever.
You know you're a writer when...people who you've never met offer to help you with your precious baby, your wip.
I'm sure everyone can think of a bunch more :)
I guess I'm not a writer, then. Yes, caffeine and me, not friends. Enemies.
ReplyDeleteEqual amounts of chocolate and/or ice cream is the equivalent of caffeine.
DeleteFamily grows to expect non-verbal responses when you are writing
ReplyDeleteThat one, the chocolate comment, and using what happens in real life as fodder for scenes had me laughing. I guess, after reading this, I am indeed doomed to be called a writer. Lol
Thanks so much for sharing!
I cut my own finger pretty badly and between the panic of finding a bandage to stop the blood and the saying of "Sh--" to make myself feel better, my thoughts were flooded with how blood really does smell like copper, and I'd make sure to mention the metallic smell whenever I wrote a bloody scene.
ReplyDeleteThere is no denying the truth of this post! :)
ReplyDeleteHahaaa, these are all SO true. We can relate cuz we're writers too. Yep, done most of these...
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