YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
Have you ever told anyone that you are a writer and the reactions you get are either one of bewilderment or pity?
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Or do the people respond by being awe-struck, maybe reverent and then say to themselves: “Wow, I wish I could be a writer…”
Well, then as a public service to them (and maybe for yourself as well), hand them this list that may make them consider that they are attracted to writing.
This might also awaken and inspire them to finally acknowledge and liberate the writer within themselves.
YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
You are a voracious reader and prefer reading to sports, or partying or doing just about anything else.
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You take books with you everywhere you go—even to a party.
YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
You read books and are either impressed and amazed by what you read, and so you think, “Gosh, I wish I could write like that…”
Or, you read a book that was so inferior, so annoying, and so often very popular and a best seller that you think, “I bet I could write something better than that!”
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YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
You read or hear something in the news or on social media or word of mouth that so enrages, perplexes, surprises, or is incredibly fascinating and maybe even absurd that you think to yourself, “I must write about this—someday.”
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You have an inner nagging voice that is urging you to actually sit down and write about that thing you heard about.
YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
You attend live readings by alive writers and no matter how badly they may read their stories in pubic, you are still smitten as though you were watching a movie star at the Academy Awards.
While watching them on stage, you are feeling oddly inspired to write so that you too may one day be published and see your name in print and maybe even read at that same café or book store your hero just read at.
YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
You are reading your favorite short stories and novels more than once—first for entertainment, the latter to focus and study how the writers accomplished writing those amazing passages that you were enamored by.
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You begin to copy and even rewrite those same passages over and over, and dissect them like a code to better understand the secrets of how they did it in their stories.
YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF…
You are seriously considering taking a writing class.
You actually do.
You are seriously considering joining a writing group.
You actually do.
You are actually seriously writing.
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You are!
Cheers, Irene
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