You know you're a writer when...

You laugh when someone complains about a 500 word assignment.

The kids in my class complain about 350 word assignments.

You know you're a writer when you go look at everything that you've written for the past year, and (sadly) note that at least half of them are unfinished, probably abandoned, because you just had to get started on this new idea which turned out to be not so great after all.

WaterVyper wrote:
The kids in my class complain about 350 word assignments.

One kid in my class complained at 100 words. I laughed until I couldn't breathe.

You know you're a writer when you play the keyboard like you play the piano. Wrist flourishes and everything.

You know you're a writer when you can type in perfect English with your eyes closed. Including backspaces.

You know you're a writer when the pets you have are plot bunnies.

I agree with like 99 percent of these, these onese here I laughed so hard at though:

You know you're a writer when you start acting out intense scenes between your characters in your room late at night.

When any time anyone speaks, you add a mental description. ("She said while stroking her head thoughtfully.")

You know you’re a writer when you just can't get that one little phrase, that one of your characters say, out of your head because it is just so awesome

You know you’re a writer when you just can't get a story out of your head that you plan to be one paragraph and once you write it down it turns out to be like ten pages.

You know you're a writer when you start narrating your own actions in your head

You find yourself giddy over the great idea you just thought of for a story.

You decide to write in class because you're bored.

You can accept harsh critiques now with grace and dignity but you justify your anger by secretly taking it out on your characters instead.

You listen to conversations where people say, "I stayed up til midnight talking to my boyfriend" and you say "I stayed up all night writing a story.”

You easily win the See How Many Hours You Can Read Contests at school- you ask if I can just get the award two weeks before the contest is over because there’s no way anyone can catch up to you.

You masterfully adopted the skill -- or flaw as it so has it -- of lying on cue. Even "white" lies, you're so adapt of "making stuff up from the top of your head" when confronted, you're able to spill out a reasonably acceptable story, and they believe it!

One that goes along with that one is... You know you're a writer when you watch movies/tv and when the main character lies about something, you can make up one totally better right on the spot that would probably get them off the hook in the first place. Then scream at the tv each time they say that stupid unoriginal lie again.

You know you're a writer when you suddenly spit out quotes from your own book.

Here's the ones I thought of, they might have been said before, if they have I'm sorry for repeats!

You take two pens, three pencils, a spiral notebook and a miniature flashlight to a movie premiere, not to collect autographs but in case the plot bunnies attack in the middle of the movie. And then when you accidentally do get an autograph in previously mentioned notebook, you are horrified, what if you’d written on that page and he’d autographed on a plot line? You don’t’ remember plot lines after you write them down!

The phrase “but Lily is giving Jamie and her boyfriend the sex talk!” is an acceptable excuse for skipping dinner.

When it’s painful to type in chat speak but you have to; to save money on texting costs. And then when after one painful chat speak text you decide the money is worth it and continue to text with proper grammar even though you’ll have to buy only half the amount of groceries you usually do.

You think in the way you write: (i.e. you’re going down a set of stairs to meet your father at the airport and this phrase comes to mind: “Rose’s pigtails bounced against her back as she went down the stairs as fast as she dared. She could hardly keep her excitement in, she was almost in her father’s arms once more.”)

You’re friends ask "what’s up?” and you tell them all about Jessie and how her father has been ignoring her and how her brother’s been acting up in school and they get all concerned and ask for more details, and you say “Oh, I haven’t written that part yet.” (For some reason they got angry with me then.)

You know you’re a writer when you can type really fast, catch spelling mistakes and correct them without breaking your WPM, and then when asked about it, you give the person a blank look and say, “what, you can’t?”

You know you're a writer when your siblings are very confused by the fact that all you need for road-trip entertainment is your oversized binder, some blank paper, and 3 pencils.

You know you're a writer when people have to ask you to stop talking about your latest plot break through.

You know you're a writer when you ignore them and keep talking, only resulting in them walking away.

These might have been said already, so sorry for repeats.

You know you're a writer when your keyboard is starting to get worn out (true story).

You know you're a writer when you get a day off and you can't stop thinking about what story you'll be able to work on.

You know you're a writer when you're excited to go down the stationary aisle of the supermarket.

You know you're a writer when you properly punctuate text messages. Apostrophes and everything.

You know you're a writer when you analyze characters in a movie and think about hoe you could use a similar personality in your own story.

You know you're a writer when you get a new CD and think "Oh good, some new background music to write during."

You know you're a writer when you try to force it on your friends. (A couple of them write with me now. But some have to smack me so I stop talking about it.)

You know you're a writer when your friend quotes something you wrote.

When any time anyone speaks, you add a mental description. ("She said while stroking her head thoughtfully.")

Gah I do this constantly. Then I think 'Why am I thinking like that? Am I really that crazy' lolz

You know you're a writer when you start narrating your own actions in your head

pinkangel54123 wrote:When any time anyone speaks, you add a mental description. ("She said while stroking her head thoughtfully.")

KailaMarie wrote:You know you're a writer when you properly punctuate text messages. Apostrophes and everything.

It's great to know I'm not the only person who does these things.

Bokkaku wrote:You actually like English class.

I sometimes wonder if I'm the only writer who much preferred math.

Samuel Garrison wrote:you can accept harsh critiques now with grace and diggnity but you justify your anger by secretly taking it out on your characters instead.

The thought that I had when I read this was "No! Don't do that to the character! That's mean!" Yep, I'm a nerd.

You know you're a writer when you bring four books and a notebook to the pool.

You know you're a writer when you don't get into the pool because you're too busy reading or writing.

*is guilty* In fact it happened today.

You know you're a writer when playing scrabble against your just about everyone you know loses its thrill. Your vocabulary is just that big.

-You know you're a writer when people ask to watch you type because you do it so quickly without looking at the keyboard.

-You know you're a writer when you're supposed to be concentrating in lessons, but instead you're staring out the window thinking about the next story.

- You know you're a writer when you listen to music to give you inspiration for your next story as well as for the pure hell of it.

- You know you're a writer when you're never bored because you're writing when there's nothing else to do.

- You know you're a writer when you're scared to leave the house without a notebook and pen.

- You know you're a writer when you record real life events down in books just to see if they can turn into the next big, great story idea.

When you yell at your sister for interupting your writing time just when your 'muse was being nice to you and spitting out tons of ideas.'

Guilty!

You know you're a writer when...

You see actors on TV that look somewhat like your characters, and become too distracted by this fact to pay attention to the show's plotline. (So guilty)

You hear a song that perfectly fits one of your characters' lives, and almost burst into tears because of the resulting euphoria. (Again, totally guilty)

Either of the above incidents spurs an intense writing spree of 1500 or more words. (Still guilty)

Every day, you dream about how cool it would be if your characters found themselves in your world, where you could be with them . . . then spend the entire day trying to figure out how to write a story about that!

The severity of your writer's block determines your entire mood.

You mouth angry words to yourself when a family member pulls you away from the computer for something unimportant.

You know your characters better than your friends.

Your friends know your characters better than their friends.


I stopped tagging guilty onto all of them, because I realized that I was entirely guilty of all of the above. *hangs head*

You know you're a writer when...

-You hate using a your friend's keyboard because the wrong keys are worn down.

-You use their keyboard anyway because the idea is just that cool.

-You hate using your friend's word program because you already made yours accept the weird name spellings that you use.

-You style a character after your pet and sometimes write a scene inspired by something they did that day.