You know you're a writer when you question your own personality and decide it's too generic.
You know you're a writer when, instead of responding the way you normally would, think long and hard about what would be an interesting way of responding or what your character would do in your situation.
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." ~Dr. Seuss
You know you're a writer when your social media feed is unintentionally full of writing tips and writers. And also if you geek out with another person once you find out they love writing as much as you do.
John 3:16; Joshua 1:9; 1 Timothy 4:12 Professional Bible nerd, Christian and classical music enthusiast, and alpaca lover To God be All the Glory
...you get excited about grammar discussions and delight in discovering obscure words. ...you have a habit of eavesdropping on conversations, secretly gathering dialogue gems for your characters. ...you can't help but mentally edit and revise everything you read, including casual text messages. ...you find yourself creating backstories for strangers you pass on the street, imagining their lives in vivid detail.
You know you’re a writer when you’re researching if there’s vaccines for prion diseases to make sure that your half-human-half-deer character is immune to Chronic Wasting Disease because he’s precious and you don’t want anything to happen to him
…and then you realize this is a sci-fi story with advanced technology, so of course there’d be some sort of vaccine or cure.
And then you realize that this character isn’t even from Earth so there probably wouldn’t even be Earth diseases in his home world
And then you realize that you’re the writer, and you’re thinking too much into this because you can just never bring up Chronic Wasting Disease in the first place
Even if I'm not who I'm supposed to be, I like who I am right now!
—Hunter,The Owl House
[Gengar! they/she] [Spooky spirit, internet cryptid, certified nerd]
You know you're a writer when your teacher says, "Okay, we're writing short stories in class today..." And you yell "YES!" And do a dance in the middle of the classroom.
You know you're a writer when you force your non-writing friends to collaborate on a novel with you.
You know you're a writer when you constantly narrate your life in your head.
You know you're a writer when you say something and end it with, "That was all in italic, by the way." (I do that so many times.)
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