1. You would rather talk to the voices in your head than the person sitting next to you 2. You know the libary's phone number off by heart but not your own mobile number 3. Some of the letters on your keyboard are completely worn off 4. You have a favourite pen that nobody else can touch 5. Books are your favourite smell 6 If you could meet anyone in the world, it would be your favourite author 7. You eat macaroni cheese all week because you spent all your money on books 8. Your/you're errors drive you crazy 9. You named your laptop 10. You would rather write than go out
you know you're a writer when your idea of a 'good time' or 'friday night' is a trip to the library you know you're a writer when your in the shower and you all of a sudden stop, take the shaving cream and smear it over your glass shower wall, then draw diagrams and pictures with your finger to create what you are thinking about. and then are proud of it. you know you're a writer when you spend 45min-3hours at a time at the library drifting around looking at books and the pile of books you pick out constantly grows grows you know you're a writer when people look at the bile of books in your hand before they look at your face you know you're a writer when the check out people at the library smile when they see you with that ginormous pile and say 'reading light again, are we?' you know you're a writer when you realize your friends have been trying to get your attention for the past ten minutes you know you're a writer when you realize class ended twenty minutes ago and everyone has gone home already you know you're a writer when your keyboard is missing letter tiles you know you're a writer when telling your friends about a story idea becomes a full blown out rant with full body movement and extreame expressions you know you're a writer when you can stare at a wall and can still be entertained you know you're a writer when you are sitting by yourself in your room explaining your story idea to no one in particular you know you're a writer when you adopt characters from other stories ^^
I am a Leaf on the Wind, Watch me Soar ~ Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel, Kyrie Eleison through darkness of the night
you know you're a writer when you are currently reading 5 diffrent books, going over 3 diffrent story ideas in your head, and still have room for one more you know you're a writer when the kids in your class look at the pile of 4 books in your hands and say 'which one are you reading?' and you say 'all of them' and in shock they say 'you read 4 books at the same time?!' and you reply 'No, I have 4 more in my backpack. Oh! and I accidentally left two at home.' you know you're a writer when you can read more than one book and still are able to follow each plot line and not mix them up you know you're a writer when you are playing a video game and all of a sudden start crying because the new character you came up with is so beautiful and awesome and are still able to keep playing while developing thier world you know you're a writer when you play a video game and your brother shouts at you 'Skip the cut scenes! they're useless!' and smack the back of his head and say 'SHH! Good plotline.' you know you're a writer when you're in class reading an old story like Rappaccini's Daughter (by Nathaniel Hawthorne) and understand it and love it while the rest of the class is like 'what the heck is this?!' you know you're a writer when, with said situation above, after you're class has moved past the story, you go back and read it over and over again ^^ You know you're a writer when with books and fictional TV series you are watching you try to predict what happens next, who is who, who dies, and who ends up with who, . . . and you're right ^^
I am a Leaf on the Wind, Watch me Soar ~ Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel, Kyrie Eleison through darkness of the night
you know you're a writer when it's late at night and you're tapping out your story on your laptop and the 'low battery' sign flashes on your screen and you curse as you try to plug in your laptop while simultaneously tring to keep writing your story so you won't mess up the flow.
I am a Leaf on the Wind, Watch me Soar ~ Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel, Kyrie Eleison through darkness of the night
You know your a writer when you stay up until 3 the next day writing a story and you can't do anything with out writing first thing when you wake, before you go to bed, before during and after meal times.
you know you're a writer when... ...you can't get enough of this thread. ...you have an obsession with office supplies and/or, the office supply aisle ...you spend hours in your room writing. ...you're more worried about getting writer's block than catching the flu. ...you go to the mall, you are more interested in looking for new story ideas than the latest trend.
You know your a writer when after reading a bad book with a terrible ending, you throw it across your room then start shouting at it all the reasons why it was terrible.
I am a Leaf on the Wind, Watch me Soar ~ Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel, Kyrie Eleison through darkness of the night
You know you're a writer when all everyone sees in an interesting character is "Oh, she's awesome!" and all you think is "Wow, I could make her so much better!"
You know you're a writer when you can read 10 books at the same time, with all of their plotlines being in differents eras and different circumstances, and still remember them clearly.
You know you're a writer when you look at a movie and pick out the mix-ups in a plot and complain about the number of lines a character has instead of just fawning over the cute guys.
You know you're a writer when everyone in your class complains that you still write when Summer's started and keep on going, ignoring them.
You know you're a writer when your best friend marvels at the amount of novels you've stuffed under your desk in school.
You know you're a writer when you read a novel discreetly during class and still not get caught.
You know you're a writer when you love to learn new words and their meanings.
You know you're a writer when you get a name in your head and start making a backstory to go with the name.
You know you're a writer when you complain about how cliche stories are nowadays.
You know you're a writer when everyone else wonders how the hell you can understand Pride and Prejudice when everyone else can't.
You know you're a writer when your teacher marvels at your 30 page essay that infact, was only supposed to be 2.
You know you're a writer when you turn your most vivid dreams into a novel.
You know you're a writer when you want to turn a manga you're drawing into a novel.
You know you're a writer when you love the crazy, complicated plotlines.
You know you're a writer when writing to you, comes as easily as second nature.
And you know you're a writer when you can pick out the slightest mistakes in a well-known novel such as...Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and critize the author, even though you know it's the publishing company's fault.
You know you're a writer when you started reading novels so much that your French teacher started worrying about your social life.
You know when you're a writer when you spend 10 hours thinking up of different variations to start a chapter.
You know you're a writer when you start writing stories in your head, literally.
HERE>>OTAKU FOR LIFE<<HERE "People's feelings are memories that transcend time[that's why they're so hard to forget]." - Steins;Gate(Makise) "I'm not stupid. I'm just too lazy to show how smart I am." -Hyouka(Oreki)
You know you're a writer when you always keep a spiral notebook and a pen beneath the driver's seat of your car so you can write down anything that comes into your mind.
“...it's better to feel the ache inside me like demons scratching at my heart than it is to feel numb the way a dead body feels when you touch it."
You know your a writer when you can't stop writing on this thread ^u^
You know your a writer when you jump at the chance to go on errands with your parents cause they always have the car radio on and it helps with your story line ^u^
You know your a writer when you listen to music and in your head your playing an awesome montage of moments from your story in tune with the music ^u^
You know your a writer when you hear voices in your head whispering of story lines and names for characters and are not scared for your sanity ^u^
You know your a writer when you look at what I wrote just above and answered 'What sanity?' ^u^
I am a Leaf on the Wind, Watch me Soar ~ Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel, Kyrie Eleison through darkness of the night
You know you're a writer when, once you're head hits the pillow, you aren't getting up if the house burnt down, but you'll still roll over, feel around for your note pad, and scrawl your latest idea in the dark.
when you watch a movie made from your favorite book, and you start crying because they messed up the plot line so bad.
when other kids are begging their parents to go to the beach or the mall, you're nagging you mom to take you to the library.
when you've googled maps of Egypt, how to un-dislocate a shoulder, and how to make a homemade bomb. (No one will tell you.)
when being without your notebook and/or novel is a cruel form of torture.
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. — Madeleine L'Engle, Author
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