Why We (Writers) are all Vampires!

Inspiration hit me... it hit me with a bat. Well, the sun hit me actually, almost blinding me this morning when I woke up, and as soon as I realised what was happening I'd wrote this on my Facebook and Twitter:



"Writers are like vampires... we're up at night, we flinch at daylight, and we feed off people... sometimes killing them off."



I'm going off a stereotype here... or what's true to me and my lifestyle etc.



I usually write late at night when there are less distractions around me... although the internet is around me whenever I'm awake -sigh- but I think I've got my addiction tamed. Flinching at daylight is partially true, I did try and burrow my face into my duvet when I thought my retinas were about to burn out. Eeek, that reminds me of the scene in the latest Final Destination where a girl is at the eye doctor and... eugh! Her eyeballs get lasered.



The third and fourth parts are absolutely essential in a writer's diet... as well as coffee, but I'll get to that in a moment. As writers we make a conscious effort to absorb information, we take in the way a person moves, the way they talk, what they say, what they're wearing, how their hair is styled etc. see how we feed off them. And yes, writers are notorious criminals and killers... and it seems that they're always getting away with it. We are killers, I've killed so many characters, and I cry every time. Oooh, that remind me of a moment in The Vampire Diaries, (Yeah, I made reference to vampires-- how cool am I) the episode two weeks ago where Stefan kills someone and then tries to put their head back on, whining into their body and saying "sorry"... well that's me.


Onto coffee... I am at the mercy of caffeine, just like a lot of writers. Coffee / coke / Pro-plus etc. are my poisons... they're what I need to survive (don't forget about a balanced diet, sleep, and where possible, exercise-- see, I'm promoting a healthy lifestyle). Someone tweeted me "I think my blood has turned into coffee" -- and I don't blame her, because it probably has, in which case I would recommend a visit to your doctors and a large cappuccino to go.



Now your turn:

What do you compare writers to?


-Joseph




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