You Know You're a Writer...

   Sometimes us writers need a pick me up or a laugh. Our work is hard-- harder than most people would believe. Most people I come across go "Oh wow! It must be great to be a writer!". Well, yeah. But it's also hard. Even though it's hard sometimes I would never give it up. I haven't even reached the most difficult part yet (besides the whole writing thing) but I know what's in store for me and I still would never give up. Us writers can be quite solitary whether we want to be or not. We can be crazy, moody, and sometimes just full of angst. You know what I'm talking about. "Woe is me! Who in the world-- no, the whole universe would be mad enough to read my work?!" Especially if you're stuck on your writing or just plain frustrated.

   So sometimes we have to take a moment, take a breath, spoil ourselves a little, and find a way to relax and laugh. And what are one of my favorite ways to laugh?

   Look up funny things about writers... Such as; "You know you're a writer..."

So I'm inviting all writers-- published and not, fiction, sci fi, non-fiction, romance-- all writers to join in and comment their own "You know you're a writer"s. I know there are some funny ones I haven't heard yet! So let's take a moment from our solitary jobs, take a breath away from our words and manuscripts, and just take one moment to laugh together and share!

You Know You're A Writer...

• When you find yourself arguing aloud with your characters in the middle of a public place (bookstore, grocery store, restaurant...)
• When you see a random person and start making up background story for them (usually tragic)
•  When you edit conversations you overhear from people you don't even know.
• If you overhear conversations or saw something someone you don't know did and think "That'd be GREAT to have in my story!" or "That's EXACTLY what I have to have my character say/do!"
• If you constantly find yourself creating prose in your head, describing your own actions ("She sipped at her coffee, irritation settling in the pit of her stomach as yet another person barged into her office, interrupting her concentration.")
• When you would rather listen to your characters in your head than listen to the person in front of you.
• If you don't write all day long you get twitchy.
• When some of the letters on your keyboard are worn off or you can tell where your hands rest on your desk, laptop, ect because it's so worn down.
• When you cry hysterically over killing a character and your only comfort is that if you're crying then your readers will cry too.
• When your family knows to comfort you over aforementioned character.
• If you've used anything and everything available to you just to write down a note.
•  If your bag/purse/wallet is filled with scrap paper, pens, notebooks, and possibly even a pocket thesaurus and even the apps on your smart phone are all writing based.
•  When you can't help but study your favorite books over and over and over again to figure out the mechanics behind it.
• If you have to warn your family about your Google history so they don't think you're planning to kill somebody, hide a body, blow something up, run away from home, ect...
• If you're afraid of some secret government agency seeing your Google history and showing up at your door because they believe you're planning to kill someone, hide a body, blow something up, ect...
• When you make deals with yourself to get your writing done ("Okay. 200 more words and then I can go refill my coffee, use the bathroom, and grab a snack...")
• If you check your email/Twitter/Facebook/everything else you can think of even though you checked it not even five minutes ago just because you know you should be writing.
• If you force yourself into that chair even though you're gritting your teeth, thinking about how you should have became a doctor/plumber/pilot instead of a writer...
• If you're nodding your head sadly in agreement to almost everything I've listed on this blog post so far...
• If you're/your and there/their/and they're mistakes make you twitch violently.

   So come on, writers! Share your own thoughts and "You know you're a writer"s with us just for giggles. You know you want to share~