Just because everyone these days is a writer doesn't mean they are CUT OUT to be one. It's like how Keanu Reeves is an actor, or how Delaware is a state.
To determine if you're cut out to be a writer, read through the list below. If you identify/agree with more than a handful of the items, we're going to need you to put your hands up and step away from your keyboard or notepad.
1) You're perfectly willing to let little things like funerals, weddings and the birth of your children interfere with your writing days.
2) You wish you could write the next Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey installment.
3) You ARE writing the next Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey installment.
4) You have a panic attack every time you receive a rejection notification.
5) You DON'T have a panic attack every time you lose a great story idea or sentence before writing it down.
6) As far as your concerned, their is nothing wrong with this sentence – its perfect.
7) You not only feel it's okay to use numbers to spell words, you think it's gr8.
8) Your plan is to take the proceeds you earn from your writing and use them to buy an island, or...
9) Your plan is to take the proceeds you earn from your writing and use them to buy a house, or...
10) Your plan is to take the proceeds you earn from your writing and use them to pay your portion of the rent.
11) The title of your novel is misspelled.
12) You think your work is done on a book once you type the final word.
13) Your muse has a restraining order against you.
14) You think all fonts are created equal.
15) Everyone finds you delightful.
16) Your house is on fire and the first thing you save isn't your manuscript.
17) You've never been diagnosed with a mood disorder.
18) Whenever a friend tells you something horrible that happened to them, your first thought is to console them, not "Hey, that would make a great book!"
19) You rarely if ever hear voices in your head. When you do, it concerns you.
20) The first person you see in the morning and the last person you see at night is not your protagonist.
21) You allowed this list to make you seriously question whether or not you are cut out to be a writer.
Time for you to get in on the action. Share some of your “signs” in the comments section below. Go ahead, don’t be shy – sometimes you need to be a little pretentious and/or self-deprecating just to know you’re alive.
(NOTE: For anyone using Firefox as their web browser, if you try to leave a comment, it won't work. The tech team is trying to fix the issue now; in the meantime, if you'd like to leave a comment, you can do so using Safari or Chrome -- or some other browser besides freaky Firefox. Thanks!)
To determine if you're cut out to be a writer, read through the list below. If you identify/agree with more than a handful of the items, we're going to need you to put your hands up and step away from your keyboard or notepad.
1) You're perfectly willing to let little things like funerals, weddings and the birth of your children interfere with your writing days.
2) You wish you could write the next Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey installment.
3) You ARE writing the next Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey installment.
4) You have a panic attack every time you receive a rejection notification.
5) You DON'T have a panic attack every time you lose a great story idea or sentence before writing it down.
6) As far as your concerned, their is nothing wrong with this sentence – its perfect.
7) You not only feel it's okay to use numbers to spell words, you think it's gr8.
8) Your plan is to take the proceeds you earn from your writing and use them to buy an island, or...
9) Your plan is to take the proceeds you earn from your writing and use them to buy a house, or...
10) Your plan is to take the proceeds you earn from your writing and use them to pay your portion of the rent.
11) The title of your novel is misspelled.
12) You think your work is done on a book once you type the final word.
13) Your muse has a restraining order against you.
14) You think all fonts are created equal.
15) Everyone finds you delightful.
16) Your house is on fire and the first thing you save isn't your manuscript.
17) You've never been diagnosed with a mood disorder.
18) Whenever a friend tells you something horrible that happened to them, your first thought is to console them, not "Hey, that would make a great book!"
19) You rarely if ever hear voices in your head. When you do, it concerns you.
20) The first person you see in the morning and the last person you see at night is not your protagonist.
21) You allowed this list to make you seriously question whether or not you are cut out to be a writer.
Time for you to get in on the action. Share some of your “signs” in the comments section below. Go ahead, don’t be shy – sometimes you need to be a little pretentious and/or self-deprecating just to know you’re alive.
(NOTE: For anyone using Firefox as their web browser, if you try to leave a comment, it won't work. The tech team is trying to fix the issue now; in the meantime, if you'd like to leave a comment, you can do so using Safari or Chrome -- or some other browser besides freaky Firefox. Thanks!)
