YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...

 People ask me what it's like to be a writer. Here are 20 answers to that question:


1. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...people ask you, "when are you going to get a real job?"


2. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...the word "royalty" does not bring to mind either a king or queen 

3. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF..."sub" refers to neither a big underwater boat  nor a sandwich.


 4. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you have a dictionary in every room...including the bathroom.

5. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you claim people speak to you in your head and no one has carted you off to the asylum yet.







6. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...stranded on a deserted island, you'll still have pen and paper on you.


7. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you know four or more synonyms for the word "pulled".


8. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you own three or more thesauruses.

9. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...sometimes you love your characters more than your family.

10. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you obsess more about where to put a comma than where you put your keys.








11. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you're the only one you know who owns a rhyming dictionary.


12. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF... the word "edits" makes you nauseous.


13. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...a "new release" isn't a sex act on a first date.


14. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF..."review" is a dirty word.


15. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...you're happy spending most of your day alone.
  

16. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...You have a dozen red pens in your desk but none in blue or black.


 





17. YOU MIGHT BE A
WRITER IF...you talk about your writing to your dog...and he answers!



18. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF...sometimes you love words more than people.



 19. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF..."pub" doesn't mean the local watering hole.

20. YOU MIGHT BE A WRITER IF..."freelance' isn't a euphemism for unemployed.


PLEASE ADD TO THIS LIST, I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR COMMENTS.