You know you're a writer if...

[Isaac]

You know you're a writer when you're out somewhere and you suddenly get an idea and you wish you could go home that instant to write everything down.

[Sydney]

Emily [But I am, most of all I am] wrote: "You know you're a writer when you're out somewhere and you suddenly get an idea and you wish you could go home that instant to write everything down."

That's why I admire my cell phone. I can write the idea in lengthy notes.

[Colby]

Emily [But I am, most of all I am] wrote: "Colby wrote: "You know you're a writer if you can't sleep some nights because you're busy thinking about what you should write next in your book...and then when you wake up, you can't for the life ..."
I...I don't know what that means.

[Nepeta]

You know you're a writer when you see a costume at the costume shop and you're like 'That would look so great on my character.'

[Merary]

You know you're a writer if . . .
You keep on polishing your writing.
You randomly write scenes for your novel on your notebook.

. . .
That's all I can think of right now.

[Isaac]

Colby wrote: "Emily [But I am, most of all I am] wrote: "Colby wrote: "You know you're a writer if you can't sleep some nights because you're busy thinking about what you should write next in your book...and the..."

Gratuitous picture of yourself

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Nepeta wrote: "You know you're a writer when you're daydreaming about your airship pirate character getting into a big battle instead of listening to your college professor."

My liiiiife. Except I haven't written about airship pirates, but ... you know. Other characters.

[Elliott]

Nepeta wrote: "You know you're a writer when you see a costume at the costume shop and you're like 'That would look so great on my character.'"

Ah, I do that all the time. But it's usually with clothes in stores since I write realistic fiction. xD But still.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Haha. Sometimes I look up random pictures of clothes if I want to describe what someone is wearing ... I'm not good at thinking up imaginary outfits.

[Elliott]

Me either. I'm not a very fashionable person, even when I have real clothes to choose from. xD

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Heh heh yeahhh. I mean, I think I dress fairly well, but still ... my entire wardrobe is from thrift stores. Or from the free pile at my college. Yup.

[Elliott]

Yes! Thrift stores are fantastic. I hate spending a ridiculous amount of money on clothes.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

I agree. Why should I spend $20+ for a brand new shirt when I can get a lightly-used shirt for like $4-6? Haha.

But back on topic...

You know you're a writer when you're boogie-boarding and you space out because you're starting to think about your new story idea and just had some great big epiphany about it. And then a large wave about the size of your epiphany comes along and knocks you backwards because you weren't paying attention.

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*like*

[Isaac]

Am I the only person who has no clue where my clothes come from? My mom buys everything when I'm at school or somewhere.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Ummm I dunno. I buy my own clothing nowadays. But when I was younger, yes. XD

[L]

You know if you are a writer, if you get rejected a lot.

[L]

TheMidstofThis wrote: "You know if you are a writer, if you get rejected a lot."

You know if you are a writer, if you don't care as much about that^ and you just like to write.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

*Cries* I don't even want to think about all the rejection. Anyway.

You know you're a writer when ... at the beach, there's this insane family sitting next to yours, and they're getting into all these crazy non-stop screaming matches, and your grandmother turns to you and says, "Oh Brigid, you must gather material from so many places."

[L]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "*Cries* I don't even want to think about all the rejection. Anyway.

You know you're a writer when ... at the beach, there's this insane family sitting next to yours, and they're getting into all t..."

So. So true.

[Elliott]

Poema (Elizabeth) wrote: "You know you're a writer when...

...you see someone and you think: "He/she looks just like this character," and gets very excited.

...you see a little kid and thinks the kid looks like one of you..."

YES. This happened to me twice in Boston. I had to refrain from taking pictures of them. xD

[Grace]

Poema (Elizabeth) wrote: "You know you're a writer when...

...you see someone and you think: "He/she looks just like this character," and gets very excited.

...you see a little kid and thinks the kid looks like one of you..."

I do that all the time and I haven't even stopped to think that's not normal! Hahah this is great

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

You know you're a writer when you find out you got into a creative writing class that's really hard to get into and you feel like you've won the lottery. Aw yeah.

[Jo]

Poema (Elizabeth) wrote: "You know you're a writer when...

...you see someone and you think: "He/she looks just like this character," and gets very excited.

...you see a little kid and thinks the kid looks like one of you..."

AGREED. Sometimes the opposite, though.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

You know you're a writer when you're on a super crowded bus full of crazy drunk girls and the only way you can think to distract yourself is to start writing in your head.

[Jo]

My life in one sentence, Brigid.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Heh, yup.

[Dana]

You know you're a writer when you're walking home from school thinking about a story and suddenly you realize you're in the middle of a busy road and there are cars honking at you.

[Jayda]

You know you're a writer when you come onto this topic and read every. single. post. because you're procrastinating plotting (more specifically, plotting for NaNoWriMo).

Yeah, that just happened to me. *sigh*

[Sydney]

You know you're a writer if you have so many pens, when someone asks for a pen you have to say "gel or ballpoint"

[Jo]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Heh, yup."

BRIGID WHAT A TITLE I CAN'T I CAN'T I JUST SAW MOONRISE KINGDOM AND RHNEVKRHJENF.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Jo wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Heh, yup."

BRIGID WHAT A TITLE I CAN'T I CAN'T I JUST SAW MOONRISE KINGDOM AND RHNEVKRHJENF."

AHHH YES ISN'T IT THE BEST MOVIE EVER OH MY GOSH. XD

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

You know you're a writer when you just spent like almost four hours hanging out with one of your other writer friends (whom you met through the Internet which isn't sketchy at all) and in that time frame you went to a library, to Barnes & Noble, and then sat together and discussed plot ideas for a long time and it just made your day so fantastic. :D

[Shreya=Drastically Random. Find the emoticon.]

Lucky....none of you epic writer people live near me. And you're all older than me...:P
But YOU KNOW YOU'RE A WRITER if you are planning to spend your whole Saturday at a writing convention in a library! :)

[Ʈʜэ MɐÐɲΣ§Ꭶ ᏊརƭᏲƗϞ]

You know you are a writer when you rewrite your memories in your head with spare time.

[Jo]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Jo wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Heh, yup."

BRIGID WHAT A TITLE I CAN'T I CAN'T I JUST SAW MOONRISE KINGDOM AND RHNEVKRHJENF."

AHHH YES ISN'T IT THE BEST MOVIE EVER OH MY GOSH. XD"

I MEAN MY LIFE WASN'T COMPLETE UNTIL SAM THREATENED ME NOT TO CROSS. THAT. LINE.

ED NORTON FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS. <3
Also I totally got beetle earrings today. EEEEEEE.

[Jo]

ARGHHHH AND I WANT THAT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

MEEEE TOOOOOOO.

[Jo]

BENJAMIN BRITTEN MUSIC HAS NOW BECOME VITAL TO ME.

AND I WANT THAT BULLHORN. I COULD USE SOME SCREAMING.

[Tiffany]

You know you are a writer if... you can take a casual observation and create an entire short story around it

[Noel]

You know you're a writer if you are able-minded and have a vivid and colorful imagination that can spark and shine more than anything in the world.

[Anastasia]

You know you're a writer if, when you are snorkeling, you look at the fish, and create characters based off of the appearances of said fish.

Yep. I did that today. Like a boss.

[Anastasia]

You know you're a writer if you've rewritten a chapter more than three times, and you still aren't as satisfied with it as you should be.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

You know you're a writer if you've rewritten an entire book more times than you can count and then you hate it more than when you first started and you just want to throw it in a fire. So then you start something else in the hopes that it won't fail like your last project did, but it always does anyway. And yet you keep writing because you keep believing it will somehow get easier ... YUP.

[Anastasia]

That sounds pretty frustrating.

[Shreya=Drastically Random. Find the emoticon.]

You know you're a writer if you sometimes search for that one word to describe something, and you think you have it and you're like "I WIN AT LIFE" and then you write it down and it doesn't fit...

[Jo]

YES.
My violin teacher must be one of those. She goes on these terribly non-writer-like rants to find the perfect word to describe music. Bach is "Sublime." xD

[Jayda]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "You know you're a writer if you've rewritten an entire book more times than you can count and then you hate it more than when you first started and you just want to throw it in a fire. So then you ..."

THAT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME. UGHHHH.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Jayda wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "You know you're a writer if you've rewritten an entire book more times than you can count and then you hate it more than when you first started and you just want..."

Haha yeahhh. That's basically my life in a nutshell. XD