Young Writers Society

You know you're a writer when your history teacher dreads assigning essays because they know you'll write a 'novel' as they call it, and all you want to do is pull out your 100 page unfinished novel just to shove it in their face.

BeKaHart wrote:You know you're a writer when your history teacher dreads assigning essays because they know you'll write a 'novel' as they call it, and all you want to do is pull out your 100 page unfinished novel just to shove it in their face.

Lol... i've finished a novel, and it's only 100 pages. but I've never dreamed of getting it published because it's so weird. I suppose if I edit it a few times... then completely re-write it...

But yeah, it's annoying how everyone makes you out to be really over the top, when you think whatever you do is normal. Very annoying, because you think that what you do do is bad... well, for me, anyway.

You know you're a writer when you get a great idea for a story and you grab whatever available surface to write the idea down before you forget. Doesn't matter if it is a napkin, a receipt, a sticky note, or even your own arm.

You know you're a writer when you download the entire Pirates of the Caribbean onto your MP3 player because it's great writing music for you.

You know you're a writer when you not only set a date for a character's birthday... you celebrate it. (Possibly even by writing a story ^__^)

You know you're a writer when going for extended amounts of time without writing gives you anxiety and depression, and sitting down to your computer to type out a story is akin to ingesting speed in the back of a race car.

You know you're a writer when you start calling your friend your character's name...

You know you're a writer when you tell someone you finished your new book, and they ask you, "Writing or reading?"

You know you're a writer when...

- You either nodded or said yes to most of the above (or you're characters have) or
- Those that weren't true of you have just given you a great idea for you're new story.

- You can be totally absorbed in either reading or writing, and it takes 5 minutes before you realize someone is speaking to you.

- You have analysed all the posts in this topic for spelling or grammar mistakes.

- You are influenced by your own characters. (Example: you never use short words because you like to impress people but your character told you try using shorter words so people understand you better and you do so.)

Story of my life..

Characters become your very best friend – and they’re not even alive!
When you counter and literally argue that said characters are indeed alive. Just because someone can’t see anything, doesn’t mean they’re not there.

OH! I totally write those insanely long emails too, and my friends want to shoot me. I also adore flaunting my new found vocabulary tee-he.

My personal experience:

You know your a writer when you are at your friends house, writing mumbo-jumbo, and reading things of YWS.

You know your a writer when you laugh out loud while reading your own writing, or another book in the middle of class. Then everyone looks at you like your are Christopher Columbus saying "The world is round"

(Mondo long last sentence by the way)



love & and all that jazz.

You know you're a writer when the one thing you can talk for ages about is your book.

Ranger Hawk wrote:You know you're a writer when the one thing you can talk for ages about is your book.

SO TRUE... That happened to me once in class, I started explaining the plot of my novel to a friend, and without realizing it, I started raising my voice. When I realized it, it was too late, the people around me had started listening in, even my teacher was listening. It was SO embarassing.

You know you're a writer when you watch TV and the correct spellings of the longer, harder words start floating in front of your mind's eye.

You start to discuss random stuff about your story to your friends even though it doesn't make any sense to them. And yet you keep on jabbering.

You know your a writer when you read an awesome novel by a well know author and when you put the book down the only thing you can think is: That guy stole my idea", despite the fact he got there first!!

You're angsting because you wrote yourself into a corner, and you've realised at this point realistically your character is only ready for a hospital admission, not the climactic battle scene you had planned...