You KNOW Your a Writer When....

In the last 20 years, I have done a lot of writing. As I have gotten older, the love for it has grown more and more with every passing day. I guess you could say writing is to me as water is to a fish (or chocolate to my best friend Heather)! I realized the other day that it has become such a norm in my life that I don't always notice just how addicted I am! To the point that there are nights I simply cannot sleep because I have to get a story out on paper. It was one of these such nights that I had the epiphany... a moment when I chuckled to myself and said, "wow, self... I guess you really know your a writer when..."



I found this humorous, most likely because I know that writer's everywhere have had the same moment. They write books dedicated to these funny realizations! But I thought it would be fun to share my list! So here it goes:



I know I'm a writer because:

- The first thing you say after something big happens is "I can use this!"

- You narrate your life (and occasionally others) constantly (not even kidding....)

- You observe the world around you as a possible setting for your next story.

- You observe people as possible characters for your next story.

- You attempt to take notes in class, but often let your mind wander and soon the notes for class have changed into notes of possible story ideas.

- You hear someone's name in the grocery story, or library, or other public place and stop them and ask them how they spell it because the first thought that came to your mind was "That's the perfect name for my character!"

- You should take stock in the notebook/journal market.

- Your characters come to you in dreams and point-blank tell you where their story will go next, or, demand something be changed because you "wrote it down wrong."

- When your laptop breaks you feel as though you have lost an arm or leg you are so attached.

- You have to build a book-shelf just to hold all of the how-to-get published, character development, and how to write right books.

- Your idea of a vacation is to be able to stay home for a week from school/work/outside world, in your comfy pajamas, order food in, and do nothing but write.

- You often use a book or other novel related item to compare life too (ex. Life is like a novel with the end ripped out.... Each day is a new chapter... there are so many characters in my life, etc)!

- When sleep comes second to "just a few more pages!"