You know you're a writer when...

You know you're a writer when you can identify with all of the points made above.

You know you're a writer when you spend your time reading said points and going :O That's Me!!! rather than studying for the two-and-a-half hour Statistics exam you have tomorrow and will fail if you don't prepare. *Guilty*

You know you're a writer when you punch a hole in a mirror and your dad says "Writer's block?" without even looking up from the TV.

You know you're a writer when you look at someone on the bus and think, "Now, how can I change that person's life into a novel?"

You know you're a writer when you go over your older babies(stories) and suddenly panic, take out a red pen, and scrawl all over it, correcting grammar and spelling, and develop the wording because your style four or five years ago truly sucked.

You know you're a writer when you come up with random dialogs in your head.

You know you're a writer when you start writing lyrical poems about everything. (Even things you hate!)

You know you're a writer when you will drop everything that you're doing, just to write an idea for a book down.

You know you're a writer when you write a whole story out on word, don't save it,
and have it get accidentally deleted!
(It's happened to me numerous times. )

You know you're a writer when you jot down little bits of prose in the back of your drivers manual during drivers ed. (hey, it's three hours)

You know you're a writer when you create scenes in your head constantly just to see how your life would be if it were an interesting novel.

You know you're a writer when :
Even after you've finished writing, all you can think about is what you are going to do next
When you use your phone to write chapters while you're on the bus
All you think about is either fanfic or your own stories
When you speak about books and how you could've perfected them. Non-stop.

I, as sad as it may be, am guilty towards all of these crimes.
But that's what's so good about being a writer, I can do it without anyone thinking that I've lost the plot.

People have to ask you what words you use everyday mean

You know you're a writer when you're not at all mad that you have poison ivy. In fact, you're a little happy, because now you'll be able to write about it.

You know you're a writer when you ....
Notice every little, insignificant detail about your surroundings.
Take random mental and physical notes of people like what color their shoes are.
Have vivid dreams that would pass as reality when you bring it to life through your fingertips.
When you believe in what you do, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise

You know you're a writer when you can't say what you feel, but you can write it.

Whenever you do something weird, your brother's automatic response is "You've been writing to much."

Bonus points if he's right.

You know you're a writer when you make up an entire story based on an insignificant thing like your classmate's shoelaces.

You know you're a writer when you're so OCDish about grammar that you cringe when you read your friend's unedited essays.

You know you're a writer when you edit everything, even old, rubbish drafts of stories that you've now abandoned, because all the mistakes you made then annoy you even more now.

You know you're a writer when...

-The most worn-out book you have is a dictionary.

-You treat a certain pencil like it's your best friend.

-You "hear" your characters commenting on your life, obnoxiously(most of my characters have attitudes).

-Your imaginary childhood friend from age six is still with you at age sixteen and you are threatening to write a book about him.

-You go back to "scenes" from your life and rewrite them to sound better.

-You're in the middle of saying something and suddenly one of the words you use clicks into place for one of your stories and completely crashes the original train of thought, blows it up and everything, causing you to run to the printer, grab a piece of paper, and write it down on the spot.

-The best scene ideas you have are from dreams and/or daydreams.

-You're in the middle of a chemistry test and you glace up and notice something and you suddenly, and quite involuntarily, get a whole scene in your head, or a character, and the character already starts giving you ideas for their life story.

-You talk to the TV, your Laptop, and your Camera, sometimes threatening them.

-Your mom stumbles into your room in the middle of the night, blinking because of the light and demands that you turn off your Laptop and go to bed.

-Your mom comes back half an hour later and repeats, this time standing in the doorway until you can prove that you obeyed.

-Your mom comes back again another half-hour later and repeats, this time taking your Laptop with her.

-Your mom comes back again to find you under the covers, with a flashlight, reading; she is forced to take book and flashlight and makes you take a sleep aid.

-You capitalise Laptop because it's that important.

-You're packing for a sleepover and the first things you put in the bag are your Laptop, power supply, pencil, notebook, and dictionary.

-You yell at your characters for doing something stupid, even as you write it, this also applies to being disappointed when they make a bad decision.

-You've been sitting at the computer so long after your stomach started growling that it's actually stopped.

-You get into trouble for reading during class.

-Two of your eight teachers develop a humor about how much you read during school and actually make a point of asking you what you're reading that day(Yes, I'm reading a different book almost every other day).

-You don't have enough room to sleep on your bed for all the books.

-You're reading two books, writing about twenty stories, and participating in at least three R.P.'s, all at the same time, this is also a way to gage whether you have a real life or not.

-You get angry at your characters for keeping you from having a real life.

-Your school librarian knows your ID number.

-Your parents have told people that you'd live at the bookstore if you could.

-You dream of being a writer, a real one.

-You're in the shower and you zone out only to zone back in a little bit later and you realize that while you were zoned out you were talking out a scene, saying the lines of all the characters, and as soon as you get out of the shower, you rushed, you go type it up.

All true.

Your friends ask why you have a notebook and pen in your handbag.

Your friends ask why you have a notebook and pen in your pocket.

Your friends ask why you have a notebook and pen in your wallet.

Your friends don't ask anymore.

All your exam papers have scribbles of plot lines on the back of them.

You make up your own books and plotlines when writing book report summaries.

You cry when your character dies.

Your classmates don't look at you funny when you talk to (seemingly) nobody.

Your teacher sets different standards for your exam paper.

You buy new pens or pen refills twice every week.

You stop talking to your friend and scurry for a pen relatively often.

Your palms are covered with snatches of your stories.

- Guilty on all charges.

You know you're a writer when despite the fact that you are running a fever and feel sick to your stomach, you are on YWS.

I had another one, but I forgot it.

Oh, so many of these I could quote and say, "This! This I do!" But I'll just write my little habits.

You know you're a writer when...

You greet someone saying, "So, guess how many words I just wrote."

When you ask how many words you need to write for an essay, not pages.

You can look at a chunk of writing an approximate how long it took the author to write it.

You read books and find yourself critiquing them.

You strive to say things as eloquently as possible... then realize it's not realistic dialogue.

You're living off of munch-able foods, and none greasy things to keep the pages and keyboard clean while you eat and write at the same time.

You talk to your muse out loud even when someone else is in the room.

You constantly narrate your life.

Your friends ask you whether you're talking about a person or a character in the current story you're writing.

You look at something/hear about an event and go, "Plot bunnies!"

You know what a plot bunny is.

You've done NaNo.

Caffeine makes you think of a long night's story product.

Blank pages and pencils excite you.

You actually like English class.

You laugh when someone complains about a 500 word assignment.